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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1849-11-27

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1849-11-27 page 1

WEEKLY OHIO ST A OURNAL VOLUME XL. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1849. NUMBER 13. PUltUtiliKU BVEKV TUK8DAY MOHNINU, BY SCOTT & BASCOM. ' Jfficom Ihe Journal Builitintf.smilli cut cornerof High atreetauil Huyuaalley. THRF.rol.t.AKritn aimiM.whlrhmayfcediaenargeil brllio payment of Two Dtil.r.Ansin advance, and ft., or pintane. oroI'm-rcentaiiMo Ancnteort.'olleinra. Tu JournaliaalaouulilKliiidDailyniid 'l'rl-VV eoBly during Uia yuarj Daily ,i)einnura,J(G; 'i'n-Wouklji.JS, 60. RATKS OF ADVItllTlSINO WF.F.KLY PAl'ER. One souare. 14 line, or less, "ne inaerlion u ' ii ea.li additional " i " I iniinltl i a as I to t i' 3 (si A (SI S 11 20 (HI STi IK) II (Ml 3.1 IKI so on I ii . " 1(0 (XI Other caaea not prondsd for, chiigable in eonlonuity Willi the alma, rate.. " " changeable oioiitlily, pr aunuin . i. ii weekly " " Standing card, one square or leas, " " 4 column, clisngeabl. quarterly, " " TUHSDAY EVENINO, November 20, 1840. Repeal ot the Apportionment Law. We have noticed in tlie lucu limn papera Terv (en. eral aaaumpliun lliat the lndepvitdmits and Free Suil-era elected to the legislature are all opposed to tlie apportionment law, and that it will bo repealed. We are in the habit of not placing implicit reliance upon aaaerliona of thia description I lliey mar or may not in thia in.tance be true. It thoae peraoua are oppoaed to the law,nnd contci. entioutty believe it unconalitutional and void, it ia luJ been oppoaed In a taxation upon peraoi,i be nre.uini d that thej will not take their aeala nnder it. If the law ia unconstitutional and void, it ia difficult to ace how peraoua uan be elected under it. Tbia waa the ground taken by the faiuoua Tihih or Ma CorciTlo, wherein Mr. Spalding, now Juiliio Spald. inr, declared that wo were "in REVOLUTION." That eonvenlion declared that no Irgialsture could be elected or held unleaa the Governor ahnuld call an extra aeaiion to frame an apportionment law. Bear in mind, that convention wua held in Columbus, in May, IHJcV It waa-compoaed of tjlo tnemberi.llu--us 1 Bfaluinu, of Summit, waa .'resident. There were Ut) Viee freaidenta. Mr. Spalding, on taking the chair, announced that "W ana now i a Hav- OLUTloK THIS CONVKHTIOB Til K CON VENTIOK OK A navoLuTioa." That couveution embraced the leading men of the parly ; waa aupported by the parly preea, and waa in every reaped an organiied parly el-preaaion. Ita first reaolution waa, "Heeolved. Th'tt Mcra it note in eiittence in Ohio no law by meant oj which the State Ui'inlalure can be formed and organized after the ticond Tuesday in October nrit." And they proceed thereupon to appoint a revolutionary committee, called a "Committee of Safety." Thia waa the original idea. Thia waa the ground on which the apportionment law waa at ftral oppoaed. It teat unconstitutional and v fid. No legialature could be formed and organized under ill They went to the people on that i.aue that ia to aav, they went befure the people, with thia convention on their back. They aoon diacovered the people had niiayiupathy with them; aud they aoon began to eover it up and di'guiae it. Their candidatea, in va-rioua quurlera, dodged and palavered, and did not con-aider thetnaelvea bound by that convention. They became fidgety wheuqueationed upon it; and in variooa waye the public feeling waa made unt'UUivocal. The original plan of revolution waa oondemoed and abandoned. Thoae who had vndoraed aud aupported it at firat, dare not carry it out. They atullilied tliemleivea by claiming, not that no organiiation oould take place, but that they aud organized the legialature in a lawful and proper manner. They impudently ac euted Hie Whiga of refuaing to acqilieace in their proper, very proper and legal organization. They had proclaimed that "u Laoial.ATUHB could bo formed and organized." They turned their coata, and aaid alley had funned and organized" one in the usual and legal manner. Mr. Hpauldmg waa President of the Convention, and aa auch, joined in giving the weight of Ilia legal opinion, that Iho law waa uncooatitutional and void, that no legialature could he held under it. Thia waa neither impulaive nor haaty. Ho had had time to reflect upon it. He eame to Columbua on purpnae to do it, and he did it. It waa publiahed to the world, and he read it and aanotioued it. Uut be alao ateest iV He oriod peeoavi not in worda but in conduct! The Legialature did aaaemble profeaardly under that law. Mr. Spalding not only did not adhere to bia npinion that it oould not organize, but he, the PKIirflDKNT of the Convention, accepted ollice under that Legialature. Ho haa aince been over the Slate holding courta by virtue of an election under that Lcgiata'ure. Kvery cauae he haa tried, every legal opinion ha liaa uttered, every cent he haa drawn from the treaaury, ia a palpa ble unreserved impeachment of the opimou he had ex preaaed at the Couventiun. He h.ia during almoat an entire year been giving open, aolemn, judicial condemnation to the doclrinea of that Convenliou uver which lie preaided ! Every member ho took Ilia seat aal winter, by bia conduct condemned aud repudiated the Convention. Tho preaa which printed the proceedings of the laat Legialature aud drew pay for it, repudiated the doclrinea of the Convenliou. If the doclrinea of that Convention were true, Judge Spald-ding ia an uaurpcr; every man who haa drawn a cenl from the treaaury under Ilia proceedinga of tho laat Legialature ia a apohator. Uut the aubjeel need not be puraued. They did by their conduct univeraally eondemn their Convention and ita doclrinea. They joined in all aorla of actual, reaponaible, oincial recog. nition of the law, aa an exiatiug, valid law. Now we aubmil that it ia too late to go back to the idea aaaerted by the revoluliooary convention, that tin law ia unconatilulinnal. Until Judge ftpalding givea up nia aeat upon the Hi ndi ; until all the ollioea elected by the laat Legialature aro abandoned, until all the money drawn from the treaaury ia returned to it, they are eslopped from oouteating the conatltutionalily of that law. JJul we aay that the HxorLK have paaaed upon it and auarAinau the law. Tun revolutiouiala want he- fore the people, aaying there could be no Legialature, and were aeut back to hold one. They were informed (hat they inuat bank out of their pretenaioua,and they did back uut. They did it without grace and without deoorum; they did it wilhcoarao language, and many imleuenciea of behavior ; hat ike hrhin nj the ftaple wot upon them, and the nin back out I The onlv nueation before the people laat year, ao far aa the apportionment act waa concerned, waa thia Waa that act purporting to bo an apportionment bill a law or not? Waa ii againat the conatilulion of the Slate, or waa it ao improperly paaaed aa not to be in fact a law ? If it waa not a laie, then the oou eluaion drawn by Ihu cilia of May Convention waa eor reel, and no legialature oould have been held. The re volution lata preferred thia euucluaion, and urged it upon the people but they aaid "A.' you are wrong. There i a law. You inual hold a legialature under it." And one waa held Aa tu the ellargo of unoonalitulionality, and the charge that the law waa not really paaaed by tho leg ialalure with the requiaite forma to make it valid, the verdict of the peoplo eould not have been more ex plioit. It ia the only verdiet they have ever given on the auliject. It waa ao plain, ao peremptory, ao earn. eat Uial thoae who pledged Ihcmaclvee to the oppoaite beliel and aimed at revolution, were driven by popu lar compulaion to take their aeala under the law ; and finally were glad to eat their uwn worda and take of. fice under it. and there were aid Itepri aeulalivea in tho llouae, the lax would be $10,0111) for each Repreaenlative, and Hamilton county, if it had twenty Reproaenlalivea, would be required 10 pay IjaiO.OOO for that year, and Iheae $110,000 would bo raiaed by the ad valorem aya-tem within the county aa already deliued.'' The article ia fair and reapeetful, and ahowa the proper aplrit of inquiry and inveatigation, without that cant or intolerance that loo often prevaila. Aa audi we are glad to aee it. While we oannol, aa at prea-out advieed, concur in the euucluaion to which thia writer conica, yet we hopo it may be talked about and fully underatood by the people. The objection we aee and urge, ia, that it would not lax the froperlt of the Slale equally for Stale purpo. aca. The idea ia, to mako ench repreaentalirc diatrict pay ita ahare in proportion to population, and not in proportion to property. In oilier worda, the newly nettled and comparatively poor porliolla of the Stale' would have to pay jail at much tat aa the aa:ue number of peraona in Cincinnali or Columbua or Cleveland, although they might nol, and probably will not, have one fourth part of the amount of property. Ia not thia a fair and valid objection ! W ould it be right to lax properly, for inalance, to the amouot of 12 or 15 mill, on the dollar, in Paulding and Van Wert, and to lax the properly in Hamilton at 5 milla on the dollar? Yet thia would be the practical working of the ayatein. It ia very true that government ia inatiluted to protect pertoat, aa well aa property, and in that view, at the Ural glance, it might aeemthat the propoailion ol the Inquirer'e correapondent waa not without plauai. bility. Uut Hie apirit ot our government haa alwaye We have been in the habit af regarding oroorrly aa the legiti mate aubject of taxation; and aa it muat ultimately conie upon the properly, if Ihu pereon doea not pay Ilia quola of tax, we have, aa we think, very properly looked to the real and peraonal wealth of tho Slate to auppnrt the neceaaary expenae of civil government. To our mimla, the propoaed meaaure would be ob-jecliouahlc in any aapnet. Il might throw otr a portion of the burden of our large and wealthy lowna j but be it remembered that everything thrown from them would light upon the ahouldera of tax paycra in other and leaa favored parla of the State. We are oonalrained to think our preaent plan more equitable, aud leaa complex, and aa at preaent adviaed, shall nut advocate the propoaed change. Trouble la the Camp I Father Ritchie makea an Appeal I Fun Abend I The conaequeiiuee of the recent courlahip between the locofocoa and balance ol power men, begin to de. velop themaelvea. The Waahington Union, in ita article on Senator Cluae'a letter, clearly appreciatea the unenviable condition they have got into. Since the Staluainan llopea " to be tjmred" from Baying much now, it muat be axcueed. JJul although not exactly ourbuaineaa to aay anything, we ruapeclfully tender our condolenoea. The Union aaya i ' II may be that it ia ovon now loo late for whole-booic advice, with any proBpect of benefinial rcBtilla. We aincrrely hope that Hub ia not the caae ; and we truat that Veteran alateaiuan of the Norlh may yet be heard in tonea of aoleoin warning. The time haa come when the Caaaea, the Woodliurya, the Marcye, the Uallaaea, end lluchnuana.Bhould exert thcmselvea in coluiing sectional excitemeiil, in removing preju. dice, in iliapelling dluai and in pulling down tlie wretched agnation of faction. Wo lru,t thai they, and other demoe.rale like them in the Norlh, are willing to attempt the taak of earing the Union in thia lime of peril, by a bold and manly atalement of truths, which, coming from oilier hpa, might exerl greater in-tluelice than from the humble editors of Hub paper." tl'atliinirtun Union. How can Oen. Caaa come forward when lna body haa been "named homo by way of the lakea?" How can Mb. Mabcv come forward so soon alter John Van lluren'a prosecution against him for the " murder of Silaa Wright?" What a preeioua Bet of old Huukera! Truly that parly ii a pn greiaive parly. How long aince aomelhmg waa heard about Us being Hie " ijauwf men I forty t" We hope young Mr. Dallaa, nearly Mr. Woodbury, uouajf Mr. Uuchanan, and young Mr. Marcy, will come forward and " tisrl Uiemtelcet" in putting down thia " wrelehtd agitation of faction." WEIINFHDAV EVENING, November 2I,IH41L I tiona related by Mr. Dennett in the pubh.hed letters H KDNKHIIAr rvVKmiva.. n m hMy rep.t,a ja BaWi,alioii, and in such a manner aa to injure all concerned i wouiu ner, have dared to have approached either ot those gentlemen with a corrupt proposition. I was myself exceedingly a'nzioua as a friend of Mr. Bennett that the Tnintioa under the New Constitution A oorreapundenl of the Cincinnati Knquirer of the Dili inat-, eomniencee Hie diacua.iou of the tszstion question, in a very candid article upon that subject. We quote so inuoh of it aa gives his idea, and plan of operations. 'This much waa neeeaaary to prevent any miaonn- centiona as to the true tendency of the propoailion I am about to submit. 1 propose, namely, that the tax aliou for each county bo baaed upon the repreaenta tion to which each counly was eulilled in the previ nus llooaoof Representatives. The principle of coun tinir taxation and repreaeiit ilion ia not a new one. It ib one of the firat ideaa of the revolution, and dis tinctly and unqualifiedly recognised in the U C-inatittition. Mind you, I do not propoae to base rep. rvsentation on taxation, that would be quile another thing but 1 prop-iae that from earn County be re quired that apeeilic amount of Ihn taxes of the State which would tall to it, in strict accordance to the num ber of Representatives which such county hsd tli preceding seaaion III the House of ItepTesenlativrs. If, Has the "balance of ; anything to aay on that ubjeot? Certainly it ia nol aaked to "come for- ard." Where ia William Allen why is not as aaked to "come forward .' One would BUppoee that he might be aa willing to help " diapel deluainn," and put down the " wretched agitation ol taction aa any of them ; but he ia nol called lor, he ia not dcaired to come forward," he iaahelfed for the present. Prolessor Howard's clinic at the Ohio 'Insti tution lor the Lducutioa or the Ulmd. The pupila of the Starling Medical College, having semliled by initiation in the fine exhibition room of he Institution, at half past ten, A. M ,on Saturday laat, I'rof Howard brought before the class No. 'Mi. Miss A. 11 . sired IJ rears, laboring under complete Ainanroaiaof Hie nghl rye; inc pie to of the left. Dr. II. gave an outline uf the aymptoms of his diaeaae. auch as Hie ocular apeelra, the diiati-d pu pil, the changed iria, and vacant repreBaion, aa well b oooaaionally pain in tue toreueaii aim u-uipie. i no ght eye alao presenleu those proiiiuerauces caueu Staphylomala. No 'J7. .Mibs B , ureene coooiy, agra i.i year, waa Inietrd with an Auisurosiaatid Cataract. In bis nsrks on this caae, Dr. 11. pointed out the neceaaary failure of any operation for the euro ol Hie eataracl, the aeiiailiilily ol Hie retina was exlinguiahed. No. 'in. Misa C. Columbus, aged H years. This pupil had Strumous Ophthalmia and Vascular Cornea. I It pirainilUUl Itliporiauce Ol general m-morn, a- inaiated on by the lecturer, biicIi treatment having in this case brought ali-ult consiaerauie improvement, which waa atill favorably progreaaing. No.'J'.l Miaa L.aged lo- ihiawaaaaimilarcass lo the laat, aud was all t perfectly restored. Ur. II. made some pertinent remarks on Hie annual magical .ntluelice which tins tnstllullon exeriru upon ine puy- csl aa well aa the menial condition ol ita pillule. Many when received here are nol only blind, bill bro ken in epirit, and their general health a perfeol wreck. Reeular habita and kind Irealineiit, phyaical exerciae and congenial intellectual pursuits, mingled Willi ap propriate amusements, serve in-qneuuy to resiore ger-eral health, improve their sight, and prepare lliein fol a life of happiness and usefulness. The young lady before its is so far reatored that she might soon return lo her friends. No M. Miss N. E , Columbus, aged 7 years. V as cular Comes, with considerable opacity. No. III. D. M , Cmoiniisli, ageil 13 years, upa- city of the eornea,cauaed by ulceration of the cornea ; hence uicur-ible. In illuatralion ol Itia remarks on Ihe ihlfi-renl vsrtetira of Onacitr, Nebula, Albugo and Lencoma, Dr. H. showed several cases lo the class. No. W. M aa II. M , Lebanon,!) , aged I.i years. Kolropion. in the course of some obaervslione on Una disesse and ila mode of treatment, it wss remark- d how frequent a cause of lilinduesa Una disease is, and how easily enred by the operation which waa per termed on thia young lady. One of the loriner pupils of the Inalilulion who waa received quile blind, reco vered her aight alter Ihe operation, and became aaaia. taut Milton No 3:1 J. II. P., Seneca comity, aged IG. Cata ract in both evea. Have been operated on before he eame to the Inatilution. After appropriate clinical remarkB, the operation of depreasion waa repeated on the right eve. Aa soon as the clinic was closed, the intelligent anu obliging Superintendent, Mr. McMiuns.enlertained the class with a denomination or Hie methods ol Instruction, and an account of Iho daily routine of holiness, alirr whiali seversl pieces of vocal and inBlrumen. lal music, some of very considcrsble merit, were per formed. One young lady read a portion of the New Testament printed in raiaed oliaractera lor lite use ol Hie blind, by paaaing Ihe tips of her fingers along Ibe lines, with almost aa much eaae and Qucncy aione possessed of a good pair of eyes oould hive done. Another wrote nral and appropriale verses, in I very legible though peculisr hand- The time paased quickly, and tlie wnoin teance waa aa instructive and as interesting as oould be desired.mall Hnx la Claolnnntl. We hare been permitted lo extract Ihe following from a leller received from Cincinnati by a gentleman in this eity this morning: The email pox has spread widely through our city. It haa proved fatal in soma esses, though mil generally ao. We have had it on both sides of us, in Iront and in resr. In most inaiaueea the patients had been vaccinated. Yet I auppose that vaccination is a greal preventive." We have heard of no further progress of the disease in the penitentiary. The vaccination of Ihe convicts haa been promptly attended to by the officers. Rniieal of the Annortioautont Law No. a Having shown in a former number, that tho original assertions againat Ihe general validity of the law were overruled by tho people, and practically oontra. dieted by their authors, there ia another aspect of the matter. It is sometimes pretended that, notwithstanding Ihe validity of the low, generally, it ia unconalitutional and void aa to Hamilton county. Thia idea, bo it remembered, ia the aheller lo which the propagators of the original scheme of revolution have (led. It was nut their first born their favorite doctrine. They pronounced a revolution and declared anarchy. Driven from that, and made to digest their spleen, llioy fell hack on this. Uut more unfor. tunoto than Hie noble branch of Hungarians who re. tired to their slrong holds, and waited to see them battered down by their enemies, these pretenders take a shelter which they are obliged themselves lo batter down. They have themselves, in the stiong-est of all terms, denied the validity of this notion. In the first place, Mr. Converse moved an amendment in the House of ileproBenlatives, lo this law, which embraced the same principle now objected lo in the law; lo will "the legal right lo divide counties." And his parly, tho locofocoa, in the House, voted for it This amendment, and the vole upon it, lias been published, and republished, and need not again be produced. The looofooo members of the House, by that vole, denied the pretension now set up, which we are onnaideiing. But not to real upon this, their own men appeared last winter, and claimed and look their seals. There was no law authorizing them to do so, if they aro now right in declaring the act void as to Hamilton county. The objection was rsised at the time. They claimed not ouly lo have been elected under Ihe law, but lo have a certificate in pur. auauce of the law. They claimed that the law authorized an election in Hamillou county ; that il authorized the eleotion of five members, by an aggregate volo of the counly i lhat thoy had been properly elected, and had a proper certificate lo that elfecl This was the great niiiA'e of that controversy. They are now claiming, and about to claim the same thing. Let us be sure lo comprehend this. There is no law apportioning reprusentalives lo Hamilton county, and authorizing their election, but the law in question. They must be elected under that law, or not at all This is very clear to erery body. And the locofocoa who claimed eecta and held them last winter, from lhat counly, were obliged lo lake Iho ground that Ihey were elected under the law, in purauance of its provisions, aud that they had a certificate of that fact. The Whigs who denied the correctness of the ccrtifi oales.and denied that they wore elected according to law, were charged Ihen, and are cha'ged now, with acting a had, false pari, and sinning against light and kuowledgo. How then wore the Hamilton counly loco focos elecled ? By the vole of Ihe entire county, and without any referenuo lo district divisions. They have their certificates aa repreaentslivea of Ihe county, and nol or any district in the county. If thia is lawful, they have their seals. If not lawful, they hare no right lo claim Ihein. Bui Ihey say it is lawful, and claim their seals, irthey are right in this, then llsm-ilton counly is nol divided. If llieir construction of Ihe law be the true one, there ia nothing III it to which they object. They have all tins time been guilly of filae clamor. They have attempted a revolution without provocation or cauae of eotnplaint. They have denounced and defamed the Whigs all uver the Slate, because Hamilton eounly was left precisely as they asy it ought lo be ell. What is more, they aay that the deciaion of the House Isst winter ia autliori-lalive and conclusive. Their argument for repeal ia, therefore, that the law ia aa it Bhould be. They claim t aleinlil be aboliahed bocauac they think It ought not to be altered. Thia ia their alternative. They lake thia born of ihe dilemma They mual either acknowledge that hey have no right lo llieir aeala we mean the con- tealed seats of Hamilton county, or confeas that their convention of May Bill, Ml, and all proceedings un- iler it. were falaeliooda, and that the whole staple ol iheir electioneering articles and speeches on this aub jeel are falaeliooda. They choose the latter confession. They clsnn that Hamilton county ia Hf divided, con- aequenlly that they have no cauae for complaint. How then is the Isw lo bo repealed lor wlut reason, lo what end ? We do not aak them lo take the ground we choose for them. They bare taken all Ihe grounds we have menliuned, incompatible aa they are. We lo ask Ihe people to ponder this subject, and see if i Ihey dare take ground ANY W11I.RL. Una ia a location of principle, and la eaay to understand. II they have any ground they ean stand upon, let Ihein ake il. If the bill was not in fact passed, or It It waa wholly unconstitutional, uisre can oe no legiaia- lure under it. This was their first ground, and this they have absndotied. If il is constitutional as to all except Hamilton coun ty, and void as lo that, there is of oourso no law by Inch representstives from there can claim their ecals. This ground Ihey .'.ava practically and notoriously abandoned If Ihey have any eatise of complaint at all, il is becauae it divides Hamilton county into two districts, giving each dialrict ila sepsrate reprraentalive. If it doea Ibis, their members Irom lhat county, elected by the entire county and certificated as auch, are not elected in pursuance of law, nor have they a proper certificate, and cannot claim their sesls. 11 Ihey are properly elected, and certified, it is because the coun ty waa not divided ; and H thia be ao, tney nave not now, nor ever have had, cause of complaint ; Ihey have lieen flooding the land with oulragous and inde cent falechoode. A baae and Inlnmoua f alsehood nniled lo the Couuler. Mr. tlaylon ana the n. I. llcrmu. Laat evening Ihe N . Y . correspondent of the Stales. man, edified Ihe readers "I that sheet Willi tlie fol. lowing : "Our friends and the Clay wings, who despise the ..ln,airaiion. are Isuilhing over a series of letters, published yealerdsy lot the first time, in the Herald, though written 1 1 May last. They are bids from Clayton, through a confidential friend, for the support of tho llersld.onany terms lo lie nsmedby the nidi-pen. dent editor. Clayton nfivrs Mr. Ilennetl any amount ,.f nalrnnsire he msv desire, and thai his pspcr shall he Ma organ first receiving Ihe important intelligence 1 1.. vernment has lo nve. An. He forshadows the thin intended policy of the cabinet, declaring il to be H. aero ilooe l Hie seconu tvasuiiicioii, sou toe no. hlical annihilation of Ihe ullras the formation of a modernfs whig parly, devoted to the cabinet, of course. On il.e whole, these letters are rich, and cannot fail lo fall like a bombshell around Hie ears of the Oelelll. virale. They bear out all the Herald has said concerning the elforl lo bribe its proprietor to support the osliinel, and eapccially lo putt Clayton." Here iaa delightful saorrsan for these pain'of and Inert of their country lo gloat over ! But we happen to hair on hand Ihe material to spike thia gun in the very beginning. Wa happen lo have the letter of the esr sasn who is aocuaed ol Hying to aednce the im maculate purity of Bennett, wherein he pesifierfy DE- CLARKS lh he had no communiaanon wnn t-lay Ion, or Ihe leasl authority from him lo make any pro position to Bennett whatever We publish Ins leller .n lull, that our ream-re may a v " pool wieciablo slander l ll'I U 1 11 K I U Hl.lv.. " Wamii'oto, Nor. 1.1. Il I nliaerve in iho .Vrw York llmiUt uf Iho Mill in Unt garbled pilCtltcltmn ol ieurr unrniru aj mr In Hi rtluor of Mill pmicr during lh lot iiring aud UiiinxT. tiTlmt If I Iff! which. niihliihrd, in lull of In tKrt... I ii Hum. tnd MTl)ld ftud illMed Iron Hi on Ituiili in iiir.jr "mil nii)irlinl .nrliculr, wcrr wnitrn by niv u llii cunliriunlitl ffieml and tgrnl of that paper, but willmul J mrip't"n, privity ur kil'wlftln nl any mr ml-eni. (.fnvral TuyhT t Cubinfi. Thoy werr hailily prrparrd, in inn iihi ci.iinur.ivw nm ..n-. u. ii'.tt-xieU on aarlh a nmn baw ennui(li t publnh and wr rt tltnn aa Mr. HmtirU haa dmis. i never had paptir liould do the A dm in nl ration jnatice ; and Irom Iho prolpiiions and aourancpa gin tu m by Mr Hen net I, 1 had every renion to belteve lhat ha would yivc th AdnitniitrnUrm a hearty and icaloui uppurt. Fur monllii pant J have nut bci-n able lo aee or con vcritj with any member of the i'reiidi-nl'a Cabinet In the lionty ucrawli 1 wrote ivatvly and confiden-tially to Mr. Dennett, I (fave r-- loorte iuipreitioni of the intended policy of tho A-Muitiratinn, nnd many ifil'creiicei which have proved inaccurate, and iu whiuli I waa totally uiiatakcD. No inembur of the Cabinet ever authorized or re. ij i en ted me to ahk Mr. Dennett to wrile for the Ad-iinntilralion, and ihe atatenienta to this eflect, aa pub-lulled by .Mr. Dennett, are entirely untrue. 1 had no conception that thcue lettera of untie would have ever aeon ih light in any form. No member of General Taylor'a Cabinet i reiponaible for one word contained in them: and ao far aa ihey or any part of ihcm may be conatrued aa implicating or committing any of thoe gentlemen to any declaration either of policy or purpoue, or which can have the liglitcat tendency lo implicate tliern, lht atatementa are utterly and abio. lulely falte. 1 repeat that I never waa employed aa an ogent by any member of the Cabinet for any purpose. 1 waaan enlire ilranirer to them ; but 1 the agent of .tlie -Veio York Herald, aud by ita editor, Jamea iiufdrtn Bennett, I wai directed to give him all the in 1(0 iiiatton I could obtain in regard to the policy of the Adminiatration and ita memberi. 'I tliiph it further my duty to add, that when 1 apoke to ay member of the Cabinet, nf the lupport of the jVcio York Htrahl, which 1 had been anaurcd by Mr Dennett would be given lo the Adminiitration, iia of lifrir gentlemen distinctly declared lhat Ihey d-'mred the aupportof no newapuper unleaa the inde, pt-'mlent convictions uf its editor Ifl him lo aupport it ; and Jieitherof liiem desired thatuuy publication should bo made of any thing they had said ; nor waa il expected by ihein; nor did either of them ever express a desire lo me to open any eorrespondi-nce with the A'cio York Her ah!, or any communication between themselves and Mr. Dennett. " 1 waa never their orgun of communication of single line to the Herald or its editor. 1 received no favur from lliPin, and aitked none. Neither of them ever knew or had reason to imagine lhat 1 had writ ten any of thoae tellers. "GEO. W. BR KG A." There it ia! The brand otfalnhood is stamped upon the forehead of this infamous libel. Our roideri can see it there. The Statesman can see it. Ita Editor now knows he has published a calumny upon an eminent puhlio servant. Will he retract? ttill lie tell Jim readers he haa been deceived? Will he publish Mr. Bregft'e leller. that they may know the truth? Our renders can see by the sbove Ihe kind of warfare that ia carried on against tho Administration. ISo alandcr is too foul, no charge too gross or wicked fur these men to seize upon to accomplish their purpose. We rejoice that our people now know the falsity of ihis charge. And when they aee it reiterated in the Statesman and kindred prints, as from lime to time, no doubt they wilt; they can put their own estimate upon tho honesty and fairnesa of a warfare carried on with such weapons. We repeat to our friends: watch Iho progress of thia calumny, and Manic the man lli&t dart to trifle with you, by repeating what you and thty know to be f ALBKs ronatitutionnl Convention la Vermont. The freemen of Verinoul eh-el delegates to Con. atitutinnal Convention on the 1Hti inatant (today.) The eouvention is to meet at Mont other on the Art f r instance, the taxes of the lat were aJ'4.,(HM),IHt(), Wednesday of January neat. anv authority from any member of General Tayloi'a Cabinet to oiler the patronage of the Government, or any thr consideration, to tlie litraut tor us support ; nor H id I ever maae sucn nncr.eiiiior oraiiy nr mi wri ting, tn the lew interviews I had with any member of the Cahmei, which were always sought by me, and never by either of tiiem. I emnetimea conversed with thrin aa tn the poliey nf the Administration, but novel with a view on their part that 1 should use or publisl their conversation for Ihe purpose of Influencing the HtmlH in its course, or any oilier paper, TIILIRNDAY KVUNINtt, Norember 1H4U. Orutlon of John Van llurcn. We publish to-day, (he funeral oration ol John Van lluren, over the dead bodies of Gen. Worth, Colonel Duncan, and Mai. Gates, delivered at Iho late gor geous and imposing funeral solemnities in the city of New York. It ia well written, and givei an interesting sketch of the lives and services of these eminent men. Groat Rnilroad crthig nt Codlz on the 30th December. In the proceedings of the Cadix railroad meeting published in the Journal yesterday, there is one reso. lulion calling a meeting of delegalea from the differ, ent counties interested in aaid road, at Cadiz, on Thursday, Ihe 20th of Dec. next. The design of said road is to connect Central Ohio and the Great Weit with the Baltimore and Ohio road at Wheeling. That this connection will lake place $ me where, and that before many years, appears lo us very certain. The resolution to push the Dalliiuore road through to the Ohio river in two years, makea it important for our business men to be looking about and seeing whore the best route from Columbua lo their terminus is. We do not pretend to know Ihu relative advantages of Ihe propoied routes. Mr. Hlicken.dfifer has certain-ly made a very strung case for the route by way of : tihort Creek aud Stillwater. If, aa he reports, this route can be bnilt for lent money, isashorlerdistanee. i tli lower grades, aud less than half Ihe rise and fall of the other route by way u.iudiaii creek, Wheeling creek, Will's creek and Zxiiesvillo, then it must have Ihe preference and be tha road, if oapit.ali.jts along the Ime lake hold of it with the proper spirit. How far our Zaneaville friends will acquiesce in the conclusions aud estimates of Mr. lllickeuiderfer, lemains to bo seen. We had supposed lhat when the Uiiiiuiore road waa eiteudcd west, it would pias through Zanei. He. And we think now, that inasmuch as the road from Zauesville to Newaik ia determined upon, il will ave a strong effect in bringing tho Wheeling road to hat ptsco. The connexion with Ihein would save the building of ao much of the route as lies bt-lween Zanenville and Newark. Hut we wish to impress it upon capitalist and bu. sines men, that Ihe time hut t mt when this mailer must he extmine.l and decided. Il can't be postponed much longer. The road will go through, llthuuld go on the beat line. Wc call the attention ol those interested (and we are alt interested) to the propped Csdis meeting, and hopo we may have delegates th-'re at lhat lime. What For! Tho editor of the Cleveland True Democrat is feei ng in Iho dark, for something of whose existence he seems to be doubtful to wit ,tbe late Free Bull parly. Speaking of a Free Soil Slate Convenliou, he aaya: This ts to be, we take it for granted. Uut when. our leginlalive friends at Columbus must settle W suppose (his will be Ihe first thing determined upon by tlie in when they reach there; and, that done, we think we may counl upon a spirited anu lull stateconvention." One Cent Hewiud I I.OSTIII On Monday evening, somewhere between the "Piatesman buildings" and "No. ltf, American, a rcmarkablo flue, even temper. The said article ia con. derably the worse fir wear, and is getting ft Utile entity t spott. The owner is very desirous ol gel ling it hack, aa he has buen comprlled lo appear be. ire tho public in ft very ridiculous plight, unco or wice, for the want of it. The above reward, in . ci 4, will be paid lo any one giving information where it may he found. BAM IV Lb. IP Statesman please copy. Euitohb Elrctki aim Osa Almost. At the re cent election in Massachusetts, Col. Schouler, editor f the Boston Alias, was elecled to the Slate legisla ture. In Ihe election in New Orleans, on me uui.uie same honor waa conferred on Mr. Lumsden, of the IVayune. Not so fortunate, however, Mr. I'oore, of Ihn lloston Bee, who received V& voica for Ihe As- mbly, when it required only V-17 lo elect him. All Hight. Charles K. Adams, who made aepeech denouncing Ihe Wings, and became the coalition candidate for Senator in the Norfolk district, in Massachusetts, has been defeated, having run behind the other coalition candidate, in Ins own town. This son of ft world renowned patriot, having degenerated loft mere truck ling politician, is fssl finding his own level. Jadlc.nl decision In Cull lorn III ngnlnat Slavery. A lawyer from Uochester, New York, who emigra ted to California, writes home that ho has recently ob tained a decision by Ihe Alcalde o( Sacramento City, who is described as good lawyer, and an emigrant from a alave State, holding that slavery doeanotexist n California. The decision was made upon grounds having no relation to the prohibition of slavery by tin Constitution now in the proscM of formation. The iiueslion arose upon an alternative application to issue a writ against a colored man, if he waa adjudged free, and affsiust his initAcr if Ihe relation of master and slave was reeogmxed. The court held lhat Ihe negru was capable of being sued, and of course was ft legal per ton. Hoot nnd Khoo Trndo of Coin minis. The nmniit'aeluring of boots and shoes in the city of Columbus is becoming an important branch of in-dim try, and bida fair to rival some of the large estah liethmetita of the eal. Mr. A. C. Drown, on High street, alone employs constantly about tit) hands, and his salei amount lo I oiu f.'iO.IHK) to Mil) annually. About 2(H) jour , ne v men aru at present working upon the bench in the Mv le tier were written to Mr. Dennett as Ins various shm. whose wages amount to ftttUHMi a year, paid agent for Ins private benefit, aud I sincerely al Over (In.iKlO woith ol boots snd shoesaroaiinual. 1 the limu wihvd success lo bia paper. The eoiivvrsft. ' ly imported from the vast by our merchants. Repeal ol the Apportionment Lbw Wo. 3 Having shown in two preceding numbers ihol eve- ry pretence for repealing tho apportionment law has been practically repudiated by those who started the pretence themselves, and that the objectors to the law have aa yet taken no ground which they are wil- ling to adhere to and abide by, it would be allowable and not unfair to assume thai there is no valid objection to the law. But it may bo very well to disregard on tire ly the interested clamor of such partisans, and inquire for ft moment, whether there is in fact any good reason any reason addressing itself to sober, just and patriotic men, why the law should be repealed or remodeled. We have, in our previous articles, confined ourselves exclusively to those features of the controversy about which there is and can be nodisagroement among honest men Wo have not entered upon any dUpiled territory, but have assumed those things only which are nut in controversy, and have proceeded upon undeniable facts and plain roason. W propose to continue the saiiio manner of treat, ment. Happily, two elections have been held under the apportionment law. Two Legislatures have been elected under its provisions. If the law was grossly unfair, if thff Stale was districted in an improper man ncr to secure party ends if, in a word, it was a gtr-ry hanAtr. and not an apportionment, we mutt be in possession of Ihe evidence of it. Tint operation of tho law is no lunger speculative. There is no longer any occasion to discuss this or that particular district ft hut operated two yenrt, and the result it btfort ut. Neither is tins result a thing about which men ever disagree. It is a palpable, notorious result, that can not be denied nor dodged, nor ib thore room for equiv ocation. If we wish to know whetticr tue apportionment law is a fair one, we have only to look that result in the face, and acknowledge the evidence of our j Bcimea. Now, what is lhat result? The first election under it was attended by an elec tion of State officers. The vote was so close that it aa long in doubt which of the two parties had elect. od their Governor. It was aa near an even race as can well happen. The State was almost equally divided between the two parties. Here there is a test of the fdirncxa of the apportionment law, audi as does not often happen. Here is precisely the caiw where a gerrymander would be expected to givo unfair advantages to our side a case, of all others that could possibly happen, where, if the wings tW framed ft law securing lo themselves unfair advantages, they would have had a majority in the Legislature, t which ihey were notentiilcd by tho popular vote. Ihe fart wat notoriously otherwise. The Legislature was as near a the vole for Governor! Tiikhe nevi.ii was, on rvrit could be, a mohb bxact KXfON r.KT oft nr. rOPUI.AR VOTK Br A HKPKKSEXTATION IN Til E GlN- eiial Aur.MDi.r ! Tho recent election was not ac companied by ft general Slate election, and is nol therefore so good a test, hut so far as it goes it tends to the same result. But some ono will innocently inquire" How did it ippen then, that you did not include the whole city I Cincinnali in one dialrict? Wlut motive hut a party motive, made you set off eight wards and not the whole city? We have heard this question put as if the answer could not be given, and we have ard poorly informed Whigs, who did not understand the subject, acknowledge that they could not answer But the answer is so plain, lhat he that runneth can read. It is so conclusive lhat it can neither be lodged nor denied. In short, the question itself im plies gross ignorance. The whole city of Cincinnati, at thin constituted,, wat a decided " Aij city. It at- wnyt hud been tcAiV, and thert teat no prospect of its tins otherwise. So that if the whole city had been put in one distinct, imtead of eight wards only, Ihe remit, politically, would have been the same. Will any one ask whether we deny that tho Wing party were anxious to secure their own asdendancy, and were governod by ordinary political motives ? To which we reply, that the Whig party, like all other parties, is made up of individuals, some having a high-er, and so mo a lower grade of intellect and morals.- But the Whig side nf the Legislature that winter, con tained an unusual proportion of men of character aud intelligence, who had too much good sense, and thought too much of their standing among their neigh hors, to lend themselves l any scheme of villany what- vcr. Them were Anthony and Dhakk, and Hus ton and I' a hk, and Blake and Randall, and Hi s- r.r. and Thimbi.k, and Lawiiknck and Skwahu, and Thukidai.e and Pennington, and Haynks and Dka- cb, and Dknnkt and Backus, and Clavpool aud Lewis, and CuitwiR and Wilson, and Goduauu and Liters, equally above reproach in all the walks of pri. vate lile,and whose publio characters are Ihe aubjeel ol just and honorable pride among Iheir neighbors and constituents. They doubtless desired the success of whig uieanures, and were willing to use all honorable means lo secure it. Where there were many lo act, ilis not likely they would all be equally scrupulous about means, nor be governed by the same mutivoa : but there was intelligence and character, and moral worth enough there lo see, and feel, and know, thai he whig parly of all others, muil sustain itself by the general fairness of its measures. They had no occa sion to jirry.nun.s.r the Stale. It w lliem,and had been wnh them r. years auor me aevereii cou- le.il of principles. The public mind uf the State had rendered repeated verdicts fur whig policy, and gave no indication of changing. Any lair apportionment law, would give the Whigs the State, and they had nothing to gain, no motive for an unfair one. The State was essentially Wing, and strong enough. On the other side, the Loco Fooos had been whipped,; terribly and repeatedly flogged through aeveral con' tests in succession. They knew they were unable to stand upon their old issues, and had every object in the world lo get up a fuss and make new issues. Here we suppose some good quiet soul, who makes a point of not knowing much about publio atltirs ; who Ihinks all politicians pretty had men; who rather ap proves of our ancestors lor having fought and died for free government ; who ia aure himself, lhat he has eorreel principles if he could only contrive to find what they are, but regards the question whether oth er people have any, as at best an open question ; who votes once in about three years, and then, in order to do the clean fair thing, lakes the two opposing tickets, and scratches off an equal number of names from each ; and having voted, truita that, however it may be with others, liberty will descend to hit children anyhow- some such person will here with curious wonder aak Do you really mean tu ho understood as saying that the apportionment law is after all a tolerably fair law ? Do you mean to say ao ; and if you do, please explain how it is possible to get up such an a In lush ing noise and pother with out tout cause for it? To which we vory respectfully reply" D yoii, my dear sir, take any newspaper ul any sort t Have you forgoiten how these very same persons fought against Ihe bank law and the lax law ! How they denounced them as outrages, tu which a free people could never aubmil! How they Hooded the slale with exciling pictures and big capital letters, aud informed you al most with tears In their eyes, that if you would not help them put down those laws, you were no bolter than a bond slave! Now their protestations and clamor on those subjects were quite as loud and ap parently as serious as on this! You do remember that. Vory well. Do you remember that these same poraona firat told you thai there was no apportionment law at all, lhat it was all void am) a sham, and lhat no legislature could be held under it ! How after all that they look their seala under Ihe law and claimed to he law abiding men! How they got ollice under it, and drew money, ftnd denounced the wings for violating a law which they said did not exist! Have you been deaf and blind and dumb for the last ten yeaa, n.iltn know that with Ihein all is peneo, when they can feed at Ihe publio orib, but that whenever Ihey are choked off, they raise an outcry as ff the very world had been set on Hre, as if the very life had been lorn nut of Ihein ! If you don'l know these things, go tn their own newspapers and read them. Don't tnke our word for it. See if they do nol consider the loss of office enuivalenl lo loss of life. When one ul them is I dismissed from ollice, what do their own papers call il? Do they not pronounce il BUTCH KHY .'" Af are's Nest ! Decidedly Hica! There never was a more loving couple than Father Ritchie, and Bennett, of the New York Herald, are about this time. They do not approve Gen. Taylor'e administration, strange ai il may seem ! Whether they suppose their readers can appreciate nothing better, or because they have nothing else to say, they spend their strength in the most foul and miserable abuse of Gen. Taylor and his Cabinet, that was ever uttered by ntiite men. The Statesman admires, and imitates, at a humble distance, their loathsome slanders, oopiea what he can, and condenses the rest, doubtless feeling bad that he cannot keep up in the race. It is not long aince they published a long story of a gardener who wanted ao ollice, and who, if hie own story be true, tried to bribe Mr. Ewing, and failed. Bennett now hints that his virtue has been attacked by the administration, and attempted to be seduced, but firm aa adamant, il remained unbent. Of course ! Who ever read the N. Y. Herald and doubt-edt Whereupon Father Ritchie insinuates that As has something to tell ! It only remains for the Statesman to eome to the rescue, and disclose something, and the farce will be complete. The Cadiz Rail Itoad Meeting- The Statesman.Among the resolution adopted at the Cadiz Meeting, was one requesting their proceedings to be published in the Columbua papera. We have complied with that request. D ut the Statesman has not deigned to notice it, except by way of abusing the persona who participated in its proceedings. We leave our fiiends to make Iheir own comments. Habtford Citv Improvemrnti. The city of Hartford haa completed arrangements for lighting the streets with gas, three miles of main pipe having been laid. Tlie last Hartford CuWant gives a desorip lion of a trip made by the Editor to Willi man tic, in Windham county, over a new railroad constructed beA twern those places. Our lloston Correspondent Reminiscence of Judge Story, Alexander Hamilton, and Gen. Washington, illustrative of the character of those men. Mr. Editor: It lias often been regretted by the historians of our country, that the record of early incidents is so incomplete. There have been, and are now, many prominent principles in our government, whose exact history, from their first recognition to tho height of their prominence, cannot be written. Little facts and incidents often give much interest to the men and things of Ihe past, and tend to illustrate the character and standing of the one, and to present the other in their true light. Tho National Bank, although now, perhaps, an 11 obsolete idea," was at one lime supposed to be an institution uf great and indispensable usefulness to the country, and its history must ever make an important and interesting chapter in our country's history. The minds tint conceived and elaborated its machinery are no longer with us but in their influence, and much of the trials and dillicullics which they met and overcame in establishing this institution, exists only in tradition, growing less and less accurate as time passes away. One of ihe most learned men of our limes, who made the history of our government & subject of Ins prufouudest study and research, and whose memory was a vast storehouse of the facts and incidents con. nected with ila earliest existence, has recently de. censed. 1 need not say that I refer to Judge Story. In his lectures in Dane Law School, and particularly when lecturing upon the Constitution of the United Stales, he related many incidents of its early history, which aru now hero to be found in print, and which he had gathered from the lips of the great men who lived contemporaneously with the formation of our Constitution, and who look an active part in it. I will give you one of them, which refers to the Bank, as nearly as he related it aa my memory, aided by short notes taken at the tme, will serve me. " When the first bill, incorporating a United States Bank, was introduced into Congress, it received ft very elaborate discussion, and was passed by a very large majority of both Houses Gen. Washington, who was in the habit of requiring the opinions of his Cabinet nllicera in writing, when the subject for his consideration was one of great im. portance, and knowing that Messrs. Jefferson and Randolph wero opposed to the bill incorporating tins Bank, required ol them written opinions upon thia subject before he signed the bill. Accordingly, on the sixth diy after the bill was submitted t the President for his approval, their opinions were delivered to him in writing. The ingenious plausibility, and great force of Mr. Jefferson's reasoning against the bill, raised a doubt in the mind of the President as to ita constitutionality. He then asked the written opinion of Gen. Hamilton upon the bill, requesting bun to give, in that opinion, all his reasons in favor of it Gun. lumiltun, being in ihe full confidence of the President, tnd having made his justly celebrated re port upon the state of the Currency, and having also been the author of the very bill in the hands of the President, expressed to him great surprise lhat he should entertain any doubts as to its constitutionality. aaying, that " he never would have introduced it into Congress, if he had not supposed that it would meet with his satire approbation. The President replied that he never had entertained any doubts whatever about the matter, until he received the opinion of Messrs. Jt-fforsoii and Randolph. Gen. Hamilton waa impressed with ft aense of the greai importance of that institution lo Ihe Government at that time, and felt lhat the issue must, to a greater or less extent, be determined by his effort in presenting, in ft pmper and forcible manner, Ihe many reasons Inch existed in Ins own mind in favor of the bill. Although ihey seemed clear and conclusive lo him. yet, as the occasion required that he should do all that could be done, he adopted the following method to per fect his opinion : He went to a .Mr. Lewis, then a distinguished law yer in Philadelphia, a gentleman who nol only stood at the head of the Philadelphia bar, but at the head of Ihe State, in legal talent, and told him what the Presi dent had required, aaying lhat he washed to submit to him alt his reasons in favor of the bill before ihey were written to the President, in order that he might have the aid of Mr. Lewis' great mind in producing every thing that oould be produced, and in sinking uut every thing that might tend lo weaken his argument. Thoae Iwo gentlemen went Into the garden of Mr. Lewis, immediately after dinner, and walked there back and forth until sunset, during which time Gen. Hamilton went over his argument, and stated all hii reasons in favor of the constitutionality of a National Dank. When he had finished, Mr Lewis said he had nothing to add nothing to subtract. Gen. Hamilton then went home, and told his wife that he had a hard night's tabor befure him, and that he wishrd her to make him a cup of slrong coffee, one that would not fail to keep him awake till morning. After taking this atimuliia, he commenced hit labor, and was engaged all night in the arduous task uf preparing an opinion which covers eighty pages. On the seventh day he submitted it to Ihe Presi. dent. The bill was approved, and during Ihe opera lion of that bank, not a word waa aaid against its eon-atitutionslity. Mr. Jefferson drew money from it officially, and approved laws passed tu earry il into effect. When the second bill waa introduced. .Mr. Madison oppoaed it, and it it well known that it was lost; but alter the war. the necessity for such an Institution became ao irresistibly apparent, Hint he waived all his former objections, and rtrammendtd the incorporation of a second Bank. John C. Calhoun introduced the bill, which was aupported by Mr. Webster. The bill was passed, and became a law by the approval of Mr. Mad noti. Maryland undertook lo tax Ihe branch of the V. S. Bank established in that Sute. The right to isx it waa contested in the Supreme Court of the United Slates, where the whole question of the constitution-ality of the Bank was most ably discussed. Mr. Web. iter, and Win, Pitiekney, then Attorney General, in moat masterly arguments, supported it, and Ch. J. Marshall delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court in favor of its constitutionality, A case of the same kind afterwards came up front Ohio, when ihe former decision was unanimously (if- firmed. Thore ia not an idea or a reason advanced in liter opinion ot Ch. J. Marshall, or in Ihe arguments of Messrs. Webster and Piiiekuey, that is nol contained in thai tingle night's production of General Hamilton. SHAWMU L. DosroN, Nov. 15, 18i!. Grand Funeral Pageant over the remains of -en. Worth, Col. Duncan and HnJ.Gatoa. Orntionof John Vno Itureo. On Thursday, Nov. .Jilli, one of the grandest funeral pageants ever witnessed in the United Stales came off in the city of Now York. The procetminn was an hour and a half in passing the Park. The day was remarkably fine, and the military shone forth in great splendor. We have no room for the details of the proceedings. The oration of Mr. Van Duren, howi ver, has so much of historic interest about it that we have delermitied lo give it enlire to our readers. Worth, Duncan and Gates were brilliant stars in the galaxy of our army, and New York may well be prima oi llieir I.ime, while she mourns their loss. After a prayer, by the Rev. Dr. Dewitt, the Sacred Music Society sung, in a beautiful style, the ode which was composed for the occasion ; and John Van Buren, Esq., dehverod the following oration : Fellow Citizens ! A committee of the Common . Council apprized me, lasl Monday, that it waa intended on this day to pay funeral honors to Ihe memories of the gallant men whose remains now lie before you, and they were good enough to ask me to participate in uio ceremonies, i ney also apprized me lliat 1 would be expeoted to make such s u ir ires t ions, in refer ence to the character of Ihe lamented dead, as should occur lo me within the few days that were to elapse beiore the observances were tn take place. This invi-tation, abrupt as it was, found me surrounded with other engagements, but I did nol feel at hbertv to l- cline. A public demonstration by tbe oitixens of New iora, oi respect lor me Ktate nalive ions, it seemi to me, should invite all those who look to her true glo. ry and honor, even at seme sacrifice, to share in it Tlie largest State in the Union immense in intellectual and physical resources New York alone, of the nuua uieiuDers ot itie confederacy, aee ins without Stale pride. Whether this arises from the variety, tnngnitude, aud even conflict of her interests, from the engrossing nature of commercial pursuits, or from the exuberance of her treasures, in patriotism, valor, and intellect, it is needless to inquire. It seems to me that magnificent demonstrations, like that of to-day, are well calculated to awaken a se oilmen I so equally honorable and necessary to a State and to an individu. at. I have, loo, a Peculiar and neraonal reason for being present here to-day. With Major Gates and Colonel Duncan my acquaintance wai extremely limited; but Gen. Worlh was a native of the same town with myself ; he wss the object of my early admiration. We maintained, for twenty years, unbroken relations of intimacy and friendship, and 1 could not, therefore, forsake him at his grave. With this brief apology for the imporfect manner in which I must discharge the part assigned to me, in a pageant, the beau- iv ana splendor ot which reaches far beyond anything that I oould have anticipated when invited lo join in it, 1 will give you such particulars of the three heroes whoso memory vou honor, as I have been able lo glean. Colmkboi Heed Gates wai the eldest ion of Col. William Gatef, of the 3d Artillery, late Governor of Tnmpico, He wai born al Niagara, New York, in 101.,, anil graduated at West Point, in lt&u. He immediately joined the tith regiment of infantry, under General Woith, in Florida, serving tor some time aa the adjutant of Worth's regiment, and particularly distinguishing himself at the battle ol the WahooSwamp, in Florida. He wai with the army in Mexico, and participated in most of the engagements which distinguish-edihat war, commencing at Palo Alto. At the battle of Resacs de la Pal ma he was severely wounded, and was forced lo return to this country to recruit. For his services in that. action he was brevetled a captain ; and rejoining the army in Mexico, he bore an honorable pitrt in the engagements at the National Bridge, ChurubuBco, Molino del Rey, Chapullepec, and at the gates nf the eity of Mexico. He was again wounded at Churubuaco, and received a brevet of major for bis gallantry in that action. He returned with his regiment bi the United Slates, and subsequently accompanied them when ordered to Texas, where he died of Cholera, at Fredericksburg, on tho 'Mill day of June last, aired .14. This brief record of the publio services of Major Gates shows that he had at an early ago, earned an enviable distinction in an army nearly every officer and private of which had so conducted as to commend himself lo the respect and regard of his country. His private life was unblemished, and he was universally endeared to his associ. ales by ihe manly and generous qualities of his heart. Kaithtul in Ihe discharge of every duty, publio and private, the distinctions to which I have referred, were but the seasonable and happy exhibitions of that daily and general fidelity with which be discharged all his duties. 1 eould nol add lo the praise so appropri. ately bestowed upon him by his commanding officer, Ihe gallant Worlh, when he said " that he was always certain thai any order given to Galea would be fatth. fully and promptly executed." It ii highly appropriate that the memory of Gale should bekonored with that of the Iwo distinguished officers of whom 1 shall now more particularly speak. He wai associated with them in life, and in death they are not divided. Duncan and Worth ! What associations orowd upon the mind at the mention of those two names, connected as they were, with nearly every greal victory which has been won since their entrance into public life I Fortunately, iheir history is indelibly written upon the records of Iheir country, and fresh in the recollection of the people. A glanee at it will satisfy my present purpose. James Duucau was born al Cornwall, in the county of Orange, in this Slate, and waa graduated at West Point in lrt.U. He entered ihe army as a Lieutenant in the 4th Regiment of Artillery, and served with honor under Gen. Gaines, in Ihe Florida war. But it waa under Geoerala Taylor and Scolt that ih is extraordinary young man ran the larger portion oi nn onei out Driitiani career. Jbe arm ut he public service with which he was connected, and which, indeed, Ringgold, Bragg, Waahington, Taylor, Ridgeley, Magruder and himself, may be said to have created, waa tin Light or Flying Artillery. At Palo Alto, Keaaca de 1ft ralma, Churubusoo, the galea ot Me a ico, and in the oil itself, this formidable emr ine of destruction, brought lo rare perfection wilbin ten years by the distinguished men I have named, carried carnage and dismay into the enemy ' ranks, and gave vio 1 lory to the American standard The lamented Ringgold, whom Duncan, with characteristic modesty, de scribed as the father of the Flying Artillery, lived on ly to witness us urat fand success at rata Alio, and the lasl words he spoke, before calmly surrendering himself to the arms of death, were expressive of his mgn grauucaiion ai me iriumpn ol bis lavnnle arm. Hut Duncan used it with IremendouiefTeotat Resaca, for the novel purpose of pursuing and routing a retreating army. He carried it with uninterrupted auo- cesa to the capital of the Axleoe, and its effects wero never more brilliant and decisive than in the final en gagement, which placed in lite hande of 7,000 Arueri can soldiers, l'-iiH) miles from borne, the government . of 6,000,000 of eivilixed aad warlike people. Duncan ruse by regular promotion to a captaincy. For fan services at Palo Alto, be waa breve I ted a major at Re Moa lieutenant colonel, and al Churubusco and the city of Mexico a colonel. On tbe death of Colonel Irogtian, he waa appointed by the freaident and Sen ate, Inspector General of the army, which gave him the rank of colonel. He died at Mobile, on the 3d of July laat, of the yellow fever, aged 3d. Tbe career of Col. Duuoan will advantageously eompara with that of any other military man in our eountry. He wai in every important engagement during the Meneaa war, except the battle o Buena Vista, and rose in two years irom a lieutenancy lo ine rank ol oolonei. Witliout any advantages of birth, or more than ordinary early education, he became one of the most accompltslird and scientific, as he was one of the moat popular officers of the army. Cut off al an age when be was but beginning lo etijny the maturity ul ft mao'e late I led and Ihe responsibility of a man's position, no predie-lion as to what his future eareer might have been, cau justly be deemed extravagant. Aa if but Ibe other day, his friends assembled at ft hotel within our view. (pointing to itie Astor Houbc,) to present to bim a gold medal, and compliment him with a publio entertain ment. His bearing on that occasion will be well re membered by many ot those who now hear tne. He was thoroughly devoted to this, bis native Suit, and on that occasion he bore tins honorable testimony to Ihe conduct and oharacter of ilaoitiieni : You have been pleased, ur, lo allude lo the fact, lhat the Empire stale is the place ot my birtii, my youth and my edu cation. As a dutiful sun, I have never been unmind ful of my parentage. The mountains of the Highlands in which I waa born. I rambled and climbed so oilen when a bny,lhatevery stone, tree and oool spring for miles around was as familiar lo me aa Ihe fireside of my humble home. These scenes of my childhood aud youth are too deeply stamped upon my heart and recollection aver to be forgot u-n. After the lapse of years, when lar away from my native land, even amid Ihe din of battle, when the thought came over me, aa it olten did come wuat will Ihey aay ot thisalriomrf it proved an inoanlive to increased exertion. Though 1 yield lo none in my maternal love and attachment, yet 1 am proud and happy to arknowledgo that 1 have many brothers who poasese far stronger claims to the admiration of our common mother. No battle haa been fnouht in Mexico from Palo Alto to the city, in which the sons ol New York have not bad a distinguished participation, come of these ions brought and deposited in their mother 'a lap the wreaths of laurel which Ihey gathered from the plains of Chip-newa, the Heights of tueenstnwn, and the field of Niagara, more than thirty years ago. These garlands are not withered yet ; for the leaves that formed ihein ar ever green. In our recent conflict with Mexico, Hie hin pi re Htate may point with lust pride to her Worth, her Wool, her Belknap, and a hoal of subordinates of every grade ; tor she mny rely with eerlnnty tint wherever these men were found there wai Ihe brunt of battle." Such ia the uncertainty of humau life. The voice which ao recently gave utterance to these sentiments ia already hushed in death, and the onreer so remarkably illustrating Iheir truth is slopped in the very splendor of its rising.

WEEKLY OHIO ST A OURNAL VOLUME XL. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1849. NUMBER 13. PUltUtiliKU BVEKV TUK8DAY MOHNINU, BY SCOTT & BASCOM. ' Jfficom Ihe Journal Builitintf.smilli cut cornerof High atreetauil Huyuaalley. THRF.rol.t.AKritn aimiM.whlrhmayfcediaenargeil brllio payment of Two Dtil.r.Ansin advance, and ft., or pintane. oroI'm-rcentaiiMo Ancnteort.'olleinra. Tu JournaliaalaouulilKliiidDailyniid 'l'rl-VV eoBly during Uia yuarj Daily ,i)einnura,J(G; 'i'n-Wouklji.JS, 60. RATKS OF ADVItllTlSINO WF.F.KLY PAl'ER. One souare. 14 line, or less, "ne inaerlion u ' ii ea.li additional " i " I iniinltl i a as I to t i' 3 (si A (SI S 11 20 (HI STi IK) II (Ml 3.1 IKI so on I ii . " 1(0 (XI Other caaea not prondsd for, chiigable in eonlonuity Willi the alma, rate.. " " changeable oioiitlily, pr aunuin . i. ii weekly " " Standing card, one square or leas, " " 4 column, clisngeabl. quarterly, " " TUHSDAY EVENINO, November 20, 1840. Repeal ot the Apportionment Law. We have noticed in tlie lucu limn papera Terv (en. eral aaaumpliun lliat the lndepvitdmits and Free Suil-era elected to the legislature are all opposed to tlie apportionment law, and that it will bo repealed. We are in the habit of not placing implicit reliance upon aaaerliona of thia description I lliey mar or may not in thia in.tance be true. It thoae peraoua are oppoaed to the law,nnd contci. entioutty believe it unconalitutional and void, it ia luJ been oppoaed In a taxation upon peraoi,i be nre.uini d that thej will not take their aeala nnder it. If the law ia unconstitutional and void, it ia difficult to ace how peraoua uan be elected under it. Tbia waa the ground taken by the faiuoua Tihih or Ma CorciTlo, wherein Mr. Spalding, now Juiliio Spald. inr, declared that wo were "in REVOLUTION." That eonvenlion declared that no Irgialsture could be elected or held unleaa the Governor ahnuld call an extra aeaiion to frame an apportionment law. Bear in mind, that convention wua held in Columbus, in May, IHJcV It waa-compoaed of tjlo tnemberi.llu--us 1 Bfaluinu, of Summit, waa .'resident. There were Ut) Viee freaidenta. Mr. Spalding, on taking the chair, announced that "W ana now i a Hav- OLUTloK THIS CONVKHTIOB Til K CON VENTIOK OK A navoLuTioa." That couveution embraced the leading men of the parly ; waa aupported by the parly preea, and waa in every reaped an organiied parly el-preaaion. Ita first reaolution waa, "Heeolved. Th'tt Mcra it note in eiittence in Ohio no law by meant oj which the State Ui'inlalure can be formed and organized after the ticond Tuesday in October nrit." And they proceed thereupon to appoint a revolutionary committee, called a "Committee of Safety." Thia waa the original idea. Thia waa the ground on which the apportionment law waa at ftral oppoaed. It teat unconstitutional and v fid. No legialature could be formed and organized under ill They went to the people on that i.aue that ia to aav, they went befure the people, with thia convention on their back. They aoon diacovered the people had niiayiupathy with them; aud they aoon began to eover it up and di'guiae it. Their candidatea, in va-rioua quurlera, dodged and palavered, and did not con-aider thetnaelvea bound by that convention. They became fidgety wheuqueationed upon it; and in variooa waye the public feeling waa made unt'UUivocal. The original plan of revolution waa oondemoed and abandoned. Thoae who had vndoraed aud aupported it at firat, dare not carry it out. They atullilied tliemleivea by claiming, not that no organiiation oould take place, but that they aud organized the legialature in a lawful and proper manner. They impudently ac euted Hie Whiga of refuaing to acqilieace in their proper, very proper and legal organization. They had proclaimed that "u Laoial.ATUHB could bo formed and organized." They turned their coata, and aaid alley had funned and organized" one in the usual and legal manner. Mr. Hpauldmg waa President of the Convention, and aa auch, joined in giving the weight of Ilia legal opinion, that Iho law waa uncooatitutional and void, that no legialature could he held under it. Thia waa neither impulaive nor haaty. Ho had had time to reflect upon it. He eame to Columbua on purpnae to do it, and he did it. It waa publiahed to the world, and he read it and aanotioued it. Uut be alao ateest iV He oriod peeoavi not in worda but in conduct! The Legialature did aaaemble profeaardly under that law. Mr. Spalding not only did not adhere to bia npinion that it oould not organize, but he, the PKIirflDKNT of the Convention, accepted ollice under that Legialature. Ho haa aince been over the Slate holding courta by virtue of an election under that Lcgiata'ure. Kvery cauae he haa tried, every legal opinion ha liaa uttered, every cent he haa drawn from the treaaury, ia a palpa ble unreserved impeachment of the opimou he had ex preaaed at the Couventiun. He h.ia during almoat an entire year been giving open, aolemn, judicial condemnation to the doclrinea of that Convenliou uver which lie preaided ! Every member ho took Ilia seat aal winter, by bia conduct condemned aud repudiated the Convention. Tho preaa which printed the proceedings of the laat Legialature aud drew pay for it, repudiated the doclrinea of the Convenliou. If the doclrinea of that Convention were true, Judge Spald-ding ia an uaurpcr; every man who haa drawn a cenl from the treaaury under Ilia proceedinga of tho laat Legialature ia a apohator. Uut the aubjeel need not be puraued. They did by their conduct univeraally eondemn their Convention and ita doclrinea. They joined in all aorla of actual, reaponaible, oincial recog. nition of the law, aa an exiatiug, valid law. Now we aubmil that it ia too late to go back to the idea aaaerted by the revoluliooary convention, that tin law ia unconatilulinnal. Until Judge ftpalding givea up nia aeat upon the Hi ndi ; until all the ollioea elected by the laat Legialature aro abandoned, until all the money drawn from the treaaury ia returned to it, they are eslopped from oouteating the conatltutionalily of that law. JJul we aay that the HxorLK have paaaed upon it and auarAinau the law. Tun revolutiouiala want he- fore the people, aaying there could be no Legialature, and were aeut back to hold one. They were informed (hat they inuat bank out of their pretenaioua,and they did back uut. They did it without grace and without deoorum; they did it wilhcoarao language, and many imleuenciea of behavior ; hat ike hrhin nj the ftaple wot upon them, and the nin back out I The onlv nueation before the people laat year, ao far aa the apportionment act waa concerned, waa thia Waa that act purporting to bo an apportionment bill a law or not? Waa ii againat the conatilulion of the Slate, or waa it ao improperly paaaed aa not to be in fact a law ? If it waa not a laie, then the oou eluaion drawn by Ihu cilia of May Convention waa eor reel, and no legialature oould have been held. The re volution lata preferred thia euucluaion, and urged it upon the people but they aaid "A.' you are wrong. There i a law. You inual hold a legialature under it." And one waa held Aa tu the ellargo of unoonalitulionality, and the charge that the law waa not really paaaed by tho leg ialalure with the requiaite forma to make it valid, the verdict of the peoplo eould not have been more ex plioit. It ia the only verdiet they have ever given on the auliject. It waa ao plain, ao peremptory, ao earn. eat Uial thoae who pledged Ihcmaclvee to the oppoaite beliel and aimed at revolution, were driven by popu lar compulaion to take their aeala under the law ; and finally were glad to eat their uwn worda and take of. fice under it. and there were aid Itepri aeulalivea in tho llouae, the lax would be $10,0111) for each Repreaenlative, and Hamilton county, if it had twenty Reproaenlalivea, would be required 10 pay IjaiO.OOO for that year, and Iheae $110,000 would bo raiaed by the ad valorem aya-tem within the county aa already deliued.'' The article ia fair and reapeetful, and ahowa the proper aplrit of inquiry and inveatigation, without that cant or intolerance that loo often prevaila. Aa audi we are glad to aee it. While we oannol, aa at prea-out advieed, concur in the euucluaion to which thia writer conica, yet we hopo it may be talked about and fully underatood by the people. The objection we aee and urge, ia, that it would not lax the froperlt of the Slale equally for Stale purpo. aca. The idea ia, to mako ench repreaentalirc diatrict pay ita ahare in proportion to population, and not in proportion to property. In oilier worda, the newly nettled and comparatively poor porliolla of the Stale' would have to pay jail at much tat aa the aa:ue number of peraona in Cincinnali or Columbua or Cleveland, although they might nol, and probably will not, have one fourth part of the amount of property. Ia not thia a fair and valid objection ! W ould it be right to lax properly, for inalance, to the amouot of 12 or 15 mill, on the dollar, in Paulding and Van Wert, and to lax the properly in Hamilton at 5 milla on the dollar? Yet thia would be the practical working of the ayatein. It ia very true that government ia inatiluted to protect pertoat, aa well aa property, and in that view, at the Ural glance, it might aeemthat the propoailion ol the Inquirer'e correapondent waa not without plauai. bility. Uut Hie apirit ot our government haa alwaye We have been in the habit af regarding oroorrly aa the legiti mate aubject of taxation; and aa it muat ultimately conie upon the properly, if Ihu pereon doea not pay Ilia quola of tax, we have, aa we think, very properly looked to the real and peraonal wealth of tho Slate to auppnrt the neceaaary expenae of civil government. To our mimla, the propoaed meaaure would be ob-jecliouahlc in any aapnet. Il might throw otr a portion of the burden of our large and wealthy lowna j but be it remembered that everything thrown from them would light upon the ahouldera of tax paycra in other and leaa favored parla of the State. We are oonalrained to think our preaent plan more equitable, aud leaa complex, and aa at preaent adviaed, shall nut advocate the propoaed change. Trouble la the Camp I Father Ritchie makea an Appeal I Fun Abend I The conaequeiiuee of the recent courlahip between the locofocoa and balance ol power men, begin to de. velop themaelvea. The Waahington Union, in ita article on Senator Cluae'a letter, clearly appreciatea the unenviable condition they have got into. Since the Staluainan llopea " to be tjmred" from Baying much now, it muat be axcueed. JJul although not exactly ourbuaineaa to aay anything, we ruapeclfully tender our condolenoea. The Union aaya i ' II may be that it ia ovon now loo late for whole-booic advice, with any proBpect of benefinial rcBtilla. We aincrrely hope that Hub ia not the caae ; and we truat that Veteran alateaiuan of the Norlh may yet be heard in tonea of aoleoin warning. The time haa come when the Caaaea, the Woodliurya, the Marcye, the Uallaaea, end lluchnuana.Bhould exert thcmselvea in coluiing sectional excitemeiil, in removing preju. dice, in iliapelling dluai and in pulling down tlie wretched agnation of faction. Wo lru,t thai they, and other demoe.rale like them in the Norlh, are willing to attempt the taak of earing the Union in thia lime of peril, by a bold and manly atalement of truths, which, coming from oilier hpa, might exerl greater in-tluelice than from the humble editors of Hub paper." tl'atliinirtun Union. How can Oen. Caaa come forward when lna body haa been "named homo by way of the lakea?" How can Mb. Mabcv come forward so soon alter John Van lluren'a prosecution against him for the " murder of Silaa Wright?" What a preeioua Bet of old Huukera! Truly that parly ii a pn greiaive parly. How long aince aomelhmg waa heard about Us being Hie " ijauwf men I forty t" We hope young Mr. Dallaa, nearly Mr. Woodbury, uouajf Mr. Uuchanan, and young Mr. Marcy, will come forward and " tisrl Uiemtelcet" in putting down thia " wrelehtd agitation of faction." WEIINFHDAV EVENING, November 2I,IH41L I tiona related by Mr. Dennett in the pubh.hed letters H KDNKHIIAr rvVKmiva.. n m hMy rep.t,a ja BaWi,alioii, and in such a manner aa to injure all concerned i wouiu ner, have dared to have approached either ot those gentlemen with a corrupt proposition. I was myself exceedingly a'nzioua as a friend of Mr. Bennett that the Tnintioa under the New Constitution A oorreapundenl of the Cincinnati Knquirer of the Dili inat-, eomniencee Hie diacua.iou of the tszstion question, in a very candid article upon that subject. We quote so inuoh of it aa gives his idea, and plan of operations. 'This much waa neeeaaary to prevent any miaonn- centiona as to the true tendency of the propoailion I am about to submit. 1 propose, namely, that the tax aliou for each county bo baaed upon the repreaenta tion to which each counly was eulilled in the previ nus llooaoof Representatives. The principle of coun tinir taxation and repreaeiit ilion ia not a new one. It ib one of the firat ideaa of the revolution, and dis tinctly and unqualifiedly recognised in the U C-inatittition. Mind you, I do not propoae to base rep. rvsentation on taxation, that would be quile another thing but 1 prop-iae that from earn County be re quired that apeeilic amount of Ihn taxes of the State which would tall to it, in strict accordance to the num ber of Representatives which such county hsd tli preceding seaaion III the House of ItepTesenlativrs. If, Has the "balance of ; anything to aay on that ubjeot? Certainly it ia nol aaked to "come for- ard." Where ia William Allen why is not as aaked to "come forward .' One would BUppoee that he might be aa willing to help " diapel deluainn," and put down the " wretched agitation ol taction aa any of them ; but he ia nol called lor, he ia not dcaired to come forward," he iaahelfed for the present. Prolessor Howard's clinic at the Ohio 'Insti tution lor the Lducutioa or the Ulmd. The pupila of the Starling Medical College, having semliled by initiation in the fine exhibition room of he Institution, at half past ten, A. M ,on Saturday laat, I'rof Howard brought before the class No. 'Mi. Miss A. 11 . sired IJ rears, laboring under complete Ainanroaiaof Hie nghl rye; inc pie to of the left. Dr. II. gave an outline uf the aymptoms of his diaeaae. auch as Hie ocular apeelra, the diiati-d pu pil, the changed iria, and vacant repreBaion, aa well b oooaaionally pain in tue toreueaii aim u-uipie. i no ght eye alao presenleu those proiiiuerauces caueu Staphylomala. No 'J7. .Mibs B , ureene coooiy, agra i.i year, waa Inietrd with an Auisurosiaatid Cataract. In bis nsrks on this caae, Dr. 11. pointed out the neceaaary failure of any operation for the euro ol Hie eataracl, the aeiiailiilily ol Hie retina was exlinguiahed. No. 'in. Misa C. Columbus, aged H years. This pupil had Strumous Ophthalmia and Vascular Cornea. I It pirainilUUl Itliporiauce Ol general m-morn, a- inaiated on by the lecturer, biicIi treatment having in this case brought ali-ult consiaerauie improvement, which waa atill favorably progreaaing. No.'J'.l Miaa L.aged lo- ihiawaaaaimilarcass lo the laat, aud was all t perfectly restored. Ur. II. made some pertinent remarks on Hie annual magical .ntluelice which tins tnstllullon exeriru upon ine puy- csl aa well aa the menial condition ol ita pillule. Many when received here are nol only blind, bill bro ken in epirit, and their general health a perfeol wreck. Reeular habita and kind Irealineiit, phyaical exerciae and congenial intellectual pursuits, mingled Willi ap propriate amusements, serve in-qneuuy to resiore ger-eral health, improve their sight, and prepare lliein fol a life of happiness and usefulness. The young lady before its is so far reatored that she might soon return lo her friends. No M. Miss N. E , Columbus, aged 7 years. V as cular Comes, with considerable opacity. No. III. D. M , Cmoiniisli, ageil 13 years, upa- city of the eornea,cauaed by ulceration of the cornea ; hence uicur-ible. In illuatralion ol Itia remarks on Ihe ihlfi-renl vsrtetira of Onacitr, Nebula, Albugo and Lencoma, Dr. H. showed several cases lo the class. No. W. M aa II. M , Lebanon,!) , aged I.i years. Kolropion. in the course of some obaervslione on Una disesse and ila mode of treatment, it wss remark- d how frequent a cause of lilinduesa Una disease is, and how easily enred by the operation which waa per termed on thia young lady. One of the loriner pupils of the Inalilulion who waa received quile blind, reco vered her aight alter Ihe operation, and became aaaia. taut Milton No 3:1 J. II. P., Seneca comity, aged IG. Cata ract in both evea. Have been operated on before he eame to the Inatilution. After appropriate clinical remarkB, the operation of depreasion waa repeated on the right eve. Aa soon as the clinic was closed, the intelligent anu obliging Superintendent, Mr. McMiuns.enlertained the class with a denomination or Hie methods ol Instruction, and an account of Iho daily routine of holiness, alirr whiali seversl pieces of vocal and inBlrumen. lal music, some of very considcrsble merit, were per formed. One young lady read a portion of the New Testament printed in raiaed oliaractera lor lite use ol Hie blind, by paaaing Ihe tips of her fingers along Ibe lines, with almost aa much eaae and Qucncy aione possessed of a good pair of eyes oould hive done. Another wrote nral and appropriale verses, in I very legible though peculisr hand- The time paased quickly, and tlie wnoin teance waa aa instructive and as interesting as oould be desired.mall Hnx la Claolnnntl. We hare been permitted lo extract Ihe following from a leller received from Cincinnati by a gentleman in this eity this morning: The email pox has spread widely through our city. It haa proved fatal in soma esses, though mil generally ao. We have had it on both sides of us, in Iront and in resr. In most inaiaueea the patients had been vaccinated. Yet I auppose that vaccination is a greal preventive." We have heard of no further progress of the disease in the penitentiary. The vaccination of Ihe convicts haa been promptly attended to by the officers. Rniieal of the Annortioautont Law No. a Having shown in a former number, that tho original assertions againat Ihe general validity of the law were overruled by tho people, and practically oontra. dieted by their authors, there ia another aspect of the matter. It is sometimes pretended that, notwithstanding Ihe validity of the low, generally, it ia unconalitutional and void aa to Hamilton county. Thia idea, bo it remembered, ia the aheller lo which the propagators of the original scheme of revolution have (led. It was nut their first born their favorite doctrine. They pronounced a revolution and declared anarchy. Driven from that, and made to digest their spleen, llioy fell hack on this. Uut more unfor. tunoto than Hie noble branch of Hungarians who re. tired to their slrong holds, and waited to see them battered down by their enemies, these pretenders take a shelter which they are obliged themselves lo batter down. They have themselves, in the stiong-est of all terms, denied the validity of this notion. In the first place, Mr. Converse moved an amendment in the House of ileproBenlatives, lo this law, which embraced the same principle now objected lo in the law; lo will "the legal right lo divide counties." And his parly, tho locofocoa, in the House, voted for it This amendment, and the vole upon it, lias been published, and republished, and need not again be produced. The looofooo members of the House, by that vole, denied the pretension now set up, which we are onnaideiing. But not to real upon this, their own men appeared last winter, and claimed and look their seals. There was no law authorizing them to do so, if they aro now right in declaring the act void as to Hamilton county. The objection was rsised at the time. They claimed not ouly lo have been elected under Ihe law, but lo have a certificate in pur. auauce of the law. They claimed that the law authorized an election in Hamillou county ; that il authorized the eleotion of five members, by an aggregate volo of the counly i lhat thoy had been properly elected, and had a proper certificate lo that elfecl This was the great niiiA'e of that controversy. They are now claiming, and about to claim the same thing. Let us be sure lo comprehend this. There is no law apportioning reprusentalives lo Hamilton county, and authorizing their election, but the law in question. They must be elected under that law, or not at all This is very clear to erery body. And the locofocoa who claimed eecta and held them last winter, from lhat counly, were obliged lo lake Iho ground that Ihey were elected under the law, in purauance of its provisions, aud that they had a certificate of that fact. The Whigs who denied the correctness of the ccrtifi oales.and denied that they wore elected according to law, were charged Ihen, and are cha'ged now, with acting a had, false pari, and sinning against light and kuowledgo. How then wore the Hamilton counly loco focos elecled ? By the vole of Ihe entire county, and without any referenuo lo district divisions. They have their certificates aa repreaentslivea of Ihe county, and nol or any district in the county. If thia is lawful, they have their seals. If not lawful, they hare no right lo claim Ihein. Bui Ihey say it is lawful, and claim their seals, irthey are right in this, then llsm-ilton counly is nol divided. If llieir construction of Ihe law be the true one, there ia nothing III it to which they object. They have all tins time been guilly of filae clamor. They have attempted a revolution without provocation or cauae of eotnplaint. They have denounced and defamed the Whigs all uver the Slate, because Hamilton eounly was left precisely as they asy it ought lo be ell. What is more, they aay that the deciaion of the House Isst winter ia autliori-lalive and conclusive. Their argument for repeal ia, therefore, that the law ia aa it Bhould be. They claim t aleinlil be aboliahed bocauac they think It ought not to be altered. Thia ia their alternative. They lake thia born of ihe dilemma They mual either acknowledge that hey have no right lo llieir aeala we mean the con- tealed seats of Hamilton county, or confeas that their convention of May Bill, Ml, and all proceedings un- iler it. were falaeliooda, and that the whole staple ol iheir electioneering articles and speeches on this aub jeel are falaeliooda. They choose the latter confession. They clsnn that Hamilton county ia Hf divided, con- aequenlly that they have no cauae for complaint. How then is the Isw lo bo repealed lor wlut reason, lo what end ? We do not aak them lo take the ground we choose for them. They bare taken all Ihe grounds we have menliuned, incompatible aa they are. We lo ask Ihe people to ponder this subject, and see if i Ihey dare take ground ANY W11I.RL. Una ia a location of principle, and la eaay to understand. II they have any ground they ean stand upon, let Ihein ake il. If the bill was not in fact passed, or It It waa wholly unconstitutional, uisre can oe no legiaia- lure under it. This was their first ground, and this they have absndotied. If il is constitutional as to all except Hamilton coun ty, and void as lo that, there is of oourso no law by Inch representstives from there can claim their ecals. This ground Ihey .'.ava practically and notoriously abandoned If Ihey have any eatise of complaint at all, il is becauae it divides Hamilton county into two districts, giving each dialrict ila sepsrate reprraentalive. If it doea Ibis, their members Irom lhat county, elected by the entire county and certificated as auch, are not elected in pursuance of law, nor have they a proper certificate, and cannot claim their sesls. 11 Ihey are properly elected, and certified, it is because the coun ty waa not divided ; and H thia be ao, tney nave not now, nor ever have had, cause of complaint ; Ihey have lieen flooding the land with oulragous and inde cent falechoode. A baae and Inlnmoua f alsehood nniled lo the Couuler. Mr. tlaylon ana the n. I. llcrmu. Laat evening Ihe N . Y . correspondent of the Stales. man, edified Ihe readers "I that sheet Willi tlie fol. lowing : "Our friends and the Clay wings, who despise the ..ln,airaiion. are Isuilhing over a series of letters, published yealerdsy lot the first time, in the Herald, though written 1 1 May last. They are bids from Clayton, through a confidential friend, for the support of tho llersld.onany terms lo lie nsmedby the nidi-pen. dent editor. Clayton nfivrs Mr. Ilennetl any amount ,.f nalrnnsire he msv desire, and thai his pspcr shall he Ma organ first receiving Ihe important intelligence 1 1.. vernment has lo nve. An. He forshadows the thin intended policy of the cabinet, declaring il to be H. aero ilooe l Hie seconu tvasuiiicioii, sou toe no. hlical annihilation of Ihe ullras the formation of a modernfs whig parly, devoted to the cabinet, of course. On il.e whole, these letters are rich, and cannot fail lo fall like a bombshell around Hie ears of the Oelelll. virale. They bear out all the Herald has said concerning the elforl lo bribe its proprietor to support the osliinel, and eapccially lo putt Clayton." Here iaa delightful saorrsan for these pain'of and Inert of their country lo gloat over ! But we happen to hair on hand Ihe material to spike thia gun in the very beginning. Wa happen lo have the letter of the esr sasn who is aocuaed ol Hying to aednce the im maculate purity of Bennett, wherein he pesifierfy DE- CLARKS lh he had no communiaanon wnn t-lay Ion, or Ihe leasl authority from him lo make any pro position to Bennett whatever We publish Ins leller .n lull, that our ream-re may a v " pool wieciablo slander l ll'I U 1 11 K I U Hl.lv.. " Wamii'oto, Nor. 1.1. Il I nliaerve in iho .Vrw York llmiUt uf Iho Mill in Unt garbled pilCtltcltmn ol ieurr unrniru aj mr In Hi rtluor of Mill pmicr during lh lot iiring aud UiiinxT. tiTlmt If I Iff! which. niihliihrd, in lull of In tKrt... I ii Hum. tnd MTl)ld ftud illMed Iron Hi on Ituiili in iiir.jr "mil nii)irlinl .nrliculr, wcrr wnitrn by niv u llii cunliriunlitl ffieml and tgrnl of that paper, but willmul J mrip't"n, privity ur kil'wlftln nl any mr ml-eni. (.fnvral TuyhT t Cubinfi. Thoy werr hailily prrparrd, in inn iihi ci.iinur.ivw nm ..n-. u. ii'.tt-xieU on aarlh a nmn baw ennui(li t publnh and wr rt tltnn aa Mr. HmtirU haa dmis. i never had paptir liould do the A dm in nl ration jnatice ; and Irom Iho prolpiiions and aourancpa gin tu m by Mr Hen net I, 1 had every renion to belteve lhat ha would yivc th AdnitniitrnUrm a hearty and icaloui uppurt. Fur monllii pant J have nut bci-n able lo aee or con vcritj with any member of the i'reiidi-nl'a Cabinet In the lionty ucrawli 1 wrote ivatvly and confiden-tially to Mr. Dennett, I (fave r-- loorte iuipreitioni of the intended policy of tho A-Muitiratinn, nnd many ifil'creiicei which have proved inaccurate, and iu whiuli I waa totally uiiatakcD. No inembur of the Cabinet ever authorized or re. ij i en ted me to ahk Mr. Dennett to wrile for the Ad-iinntilralion, and ihe atatenienta to this eflect, aa pub-lulled by .Mr. Dennett, are entirely untrue. 1 had no conception that thcue lettera of untie would have ever aeon ih light in any form. No member of General Taylor'a Cabinet i reiponaible for one word contained in them: and ao far aa ihey or any part of ihcm may be conatrued aa implicating or committing any of thoe gentlemen to any declaration either of policy or purpoue, or which can have the liglitcat tendency lo implicate tliern, lht atatementa are utterly and abio. lulely falte. 1 repeat that I never waa employed aa an ogent by any member of the Cabinet for any purpose. 1 waaan enlire ilranirer to them ; but 1 the agent of .tlie -Veio York Herald, aud by ita editor, Jamea iiufdrtn Bennett, I wai directed to give him all the in 1(0 iiiatton I could obtain in regard to the policy of the Adminiatration and ita memberi. 'I tliiph it further my duty to add, that when 1 apoke to ay member of the Cabinet, nf the lupport of the jVcio York Htrahl, which 1 had been anaurcd by Mr Dennett would be given lo the Adminiitration, iia of lifrir gentlemen distinctly declared lhat Ihey d-'mred the aupportof no newapuper unleaa the inde, pt-'mlent convictions uf its editor Ifl him lo aupport it ; and Jieitherof liiem desired thatuuy publication should bo made of any thing they had said ; nor waa il expected by ihein; nor did either of them ever express a desire lo me to open any eorrespondi-nce with the A'cio York Her ah!, or any communication between themselves and Mr. Dennett. " 1 waa never their orgun of communication of single line to the Herald or its editor. 1 received no favur from lliPin, and aitked none. Neither of them ever knew or had reason to imagine lhat 1 had writ ten any of thoae tellers. "GEO. W. BR KG A." There it ia! The brand otfalnhood is stamped upon the forehead of this infamous libel. Our roideri can see it there. The Statesman can see it. Ita Editor now knows he has published a calumny upon an eminent puhlio servant. Will he retract? ttill lie tell Jim readers he haa been deceived? Will he publish Mr. Bregft'e leller. that they may know the truth? Our renders can see by the sbove Ihe kind of warfare that ia carried on against tho Administration. ISo alandcr is too foul, no charge too gross or wicked fur these men to seize upon to accomplish their purpose. We rejoice that our people now know the falsity of ihis charge. And when they aee it reiterated in the Statesman and kindred prints, as from lime to time, no doubt they wilt; they can put their own estimate upon tho honesty and fairnesa of a warfare carried on with such weapons. We repeat to our friends: watch Iho progress of thia calumny, and Manic the man lli&t dart to trifle with you, by repeating what you and thty know to be f ALBKs ronatitutionnl Convention la Vermont. The freemen of Verinoul eh-el delegates to Con. atitutinnal Convention on the 1Hti inatant (today.) The eouvention is to meet at Mont other on the Art f r instance, the taxes of the lat were aJ'4.,(HM),IHt(), Wednesday of January neat. anv authority from any member of General Tayloi'a Cabinet to oiler the patronage of the Government, or any thr consideration, to tlie litraut tor us support ; nor H id I ever maae sucn nncr.eiiiior oraiiy nr mi wri ting, tn the lew interviews I had with any member of the Cahmei, which were always sought by me, and never by either of tiiem. I emnetimea conversed with thrin aa tn the poliey nf the Administration, but novel with a view on their part that 1 should use or publisl their conversation for Ihe purpose of Influencing the HtmlH in its course, or any oilier paper, TIILIRNDAY KVUNINtt, Norember 1H4U. Orutlon of John Van llurcn. We publish to-day, (he funeral oration ol John Van lluren, over the dead bodies of Gen. Worth, Colonel Duncan, and Mai. Gates, delivered at Iho late gor geous and imposing funeral solemnities in the city of New York. It ia well written, and givei an interesting sketch of the lives and services of these eminent men. Groat Rnilroad crthig nt Codlz on the 30th December. In the proceedings of the Cadix railroad meeting published in the Journal yesterday, there is one reso. lulion calling a meeting of delegalea from the differ, ent counties interested in aaid road, at Cadiz, on Thursday, Ihe 20th of Dec. next. The design of said road is to connect Central Ohio and the Great Weit with the Baltimore and Ohio road at Wheeling. That this connection will lake place $ me where, and that before many years, appears lo us very certain. The resolution to push the Dalliiuore road through to the Ohio river in two years, makea it important for our business men to be looking about and seeing whore the best route from Columbua lo their terminus is. We do not pretend to know Ihu relative advantages of Ihe propoied routes. Mr. Hlicken.dfifer has certain-ly made a very strung case for the route by way of : tihort Creek aud Stillwater. If, aa he reports, this route can be bnilt for lent money, isashorlerdistanee. i tli lower grades, aud less than half Ihe rise and fall of the other route by way u.iudiaii creek, Wheeling creek, Will's creek and Zxiiesvillo, then it must have Ihe preference and be tha road, if oapit.ali.jts along the Ime lake hold of it with the proper spirit. How far our Zaneaville friends will acquiesce in the conclusions aud estimates of Mr. lllickeuiderfer, lemains to bo seen. We had supposed lhat when the Uiiiiuiore road waa eiteudcd west, it would pias through Zanei. He. And we think now, that inasmuch as the road from Zauesville to Newaik ia determined upon, il will ave a strong effect in bringing tho Wheeling road to hat ptsco. The connexion with Ihein would save the building of ao much of the route as lies bt-lween Zanenville and Newark. Hut we wish to impress it upon capitalist and bu. sines men, that Ihe time hut t mt when this mailer must he extmine.l and decided. Il can't be postponed much longer. The road will go through, llthuuld go on the beat line. Wc call the attention ol those interested (and we are alt interested) to the propped Csdis meeting, and hopo we may have delegates th-'re at lhat lime. What For! Tho editor of the Cleveland True Democrat is feei ng in Iho dark, for something of whose existence he seems to be doubtful to wit ,tbe late Free Bull parly. Speaking of a Free Soil Slate Convenliou, he aaya: This ts to be, we take it for granted. Uut when. our leginlalive friends at Columbus must settle W suppose (his will be Ihe first thing determined upon by tlie in when they reach there; and, that done, we think we may counl upon a spirited anu lull stateconvention." One Cent Hewiud I I.OSTIII On Monday evening, somewhere between the "Piatesman buildings" and "No. ltf, American, a rcmarkablo flue, even temper. The said article ia con. derably the worse fir wear, and is getting ft Utile entity t spott. The owner is very desirous ol gel ling it hack, aa he has buen comprlled lo appear be. ire tho public in ft very ridiculous plight, unco or wice, for the want of it. The above reward, in . ci 4, will be paid lo any one giving information where it may he found. BAM IV Lb. IP Statesman please copy. Euitohb Elrctki aim Osa Almost. At the re cent election in Massachusetts, Col. Schouler, editor f the Boston Alias, was elecled to the Slate legisla ture. In Ihe election in New Orleans, on me uui.uie same honor waa conferred on Mr. Lumsden, of the IVayune. Not so fortunate, however, Mr. I'oore, of Ihn lloston Bee, who received V& voica for Ihe As- mbly, when it required only V-17 lo elect him. All Hight. Charles K. Adams, who made aepeech denouncing Ihe Wings, and became the coalition candidate for Senator in the Norfolk district, in Massachusetts, has been defeated, having run behind the other coalition candidate, in Ins own town. This son of ft world renowned patriot, having degenerated loft mere truck ling politician, is fssl finding his own level. Jadlc.nl decision In Cull lorn III ngnlnat Slavery. A lawyer from Uochester, New York, who emigra ted to California, writes home that ho has recently ob tained a decision by Ihe Alcalde o( Sacramento City, who is described as good lawyer, and an emigrant from a alave State, holding that slavery doeanotexist n California. The decision was made upon grounds having no relation to the prohibition of slavery by tin Constitution now in the proscM of formation. The iiueslion arose upon an alternative application to issue a writ against a colored man, if he waa adjudged free, and affsiust his initAcr if Ihe relation of master and slave was reeogmxed. The court held lhat Ihe negru was capable of being sued, and of course was ft legal per ton. Hoot nnd Khoo Trndo of Coin minis. The nmniit'aeluring of boots and shoes in the city of Columbus is becoming an important branch of in-dim try, and bida fair to rival some of the large estah liethmetita of the eal. Mr. A. C. Drown, on High street, alone employs constantly about tit) hands, and his salei amount lo I oiu f.'iO.IHK) to Mil) annually. About 2(H) jour , ne v men aru at present working upon the bench in the Mv le tier were written to Mr. Dennett as Ins various shm. whose wages amount to ftttUHMi a year, paid agent for Ins private benefit, aud I sincerely al Over (In.iKlO woith ol boots snd shoesaroaiinual. 1 the limu wihvd success lo bia paper. The eoiivvrsft. ' ly imported from the vast by our merchants. Repeal ol the Apportionment Lbw Wo. 3 Having shown in two preceding numbers ihol eve- ry pretence for repealing tho apportionment law has been practically repudiated by those who started the pretence themselves, and that the objectors to the law have aa yet taken no ground which they are wil- ling to adhere to and abide by, it would be allowable and not unfair to assume thai there is no valid objection to the law. But it may bo very well to disregard on tire ly the interested clamor of such partisans, and inquire for ft moment, whether there is in fact any good reason any reason addressing itself to sober, just and patriotic men, why the law should be repealed or remodeled. We have, in our previous articles, confined ourselves exclusively to those features of the controversy about which there is and can be nodisagroement among honest men Wo have not entered upon any dUpiled territory, but have assumed those things only which are nut in controversy, and have proceeded upon undeniable facts and plain roason. W propose to continue the saiiio manner of treat, ment. Happily, two elections have been held under the apportionment law. Two Legislatures have been elected under its provisions. If the law was grossly unfair, if thff Stale was districted in an improper man ncr to secure party ends if, in a word, it was a gtr-ry hanAtr. and not an apportionment, we mutt be in possession of Ihe evidence of it. Tint operation of tho law is no lunger speculative. There is no longer any occasion to discuss this or that particular district ft hut operated two yenrt, and the result it btfort ut. Neither is tins result a thing about which men ever disagree. It is a palpable, notorious result, that can not be denied nor dodged, nor ib thore room for equiv ocation. If we wish to know whetticr tue apportionment law is a fair one, we have only to look that result in the face, and acknowledge the evidence of our j Bcimea. Now, what is lhat result? The first election under it was attended by an elec tion of State officers. The vote was so close that it aa long in doubt which of the two parties had elect. od their Governor. It was aa near an even race as can well happen. The State was almost equally divided between the two parties. Here there is a test of the fdirncxa of the apportionment law, audi as does not often happen. Here is precisely the caiw where a gerrymander would be expected to givo unfair advantages to our side a case, of all others that could possibly happen, where, if the wings tW framed ft law securing lo themselves unfair advantages, they would have had a majority in the Legislature, t which ihey were notentiilcd by tho popular vote. Ihe fart wat notoriously otherwise. The Legislature was as near a the vole for Governor! Tiikhe nevi.ii was, on rvrit could be, a mohb bxact KXfON r.KT oft nr. rOPUI.AR VOTK Br A HKPKKSEXTATION IN Til E GlN- eiial Aur.MDi.r ! Tho recent election was not ac companied by ft general Slate election, and is nol therefore so good a test, hut so far as it goes it tends to the same result. But some ono will innocently inquire" How did it ippen then, that you did not include the whole city I Cincinnali in one dialrict? Wlut motive hut a party motive, made you set off eight wards and not the whole city? We have heard this question put as if the answer could not be given, and we have ard poorly informed Whigs, who did not understand the subject, acknowledge that they could not answer But the answer is so plain, lhat he that runneth can read. It is so conclusive lhat it can neither be lodged nor denied. In short, the question itself im plies gross ignorance. The whole city of Cincinnati, at thin constituted,, wat a decided " Aij city. It at- wnyt hud been tcAiV, and thert teat no prospect of its tins otherwise. So that if the whole city had been put in one distinct, imtead of eight wards only, Ihe remit, politically, would have been the same. Will any one ask whether we deny that tho Wing party were anxious to secure their own asdendancy, and were governod by ordinary political motives ? To which we reply, that the Whig party, like all other parties, is made up of individuals, some having a high-er, and so mo a lower grade of intellect and morals.- But the Whig side nf the Legislature that winter, con tained an unusual proportion of men of character aud intelligence, who had too much good sense, and thought too much of their standing among their neigh hors, to lend themselves l any scheme of villany what- vcr. Them were Anthony and Dhakk, and Hus ton and I' a hk, and Blake and Randall, and Hi s- r.r. and Thimbi.k, and Lawiiknck and Skwahu, and Thukidai.e and Pennington, and Haynks and Dka- cb, and Dknnkt and Backus, and Clavpool aud Lewis, and CuitwiR and Wilson, and Goduauu and Liters, equally above reproach in all the walks of pri. vate lile,and whose publio characters are Ihe aubjeel ol just and honorable pride among Iheir neighbors and constituents. They doubtless desired the success of whig uieanures, and were willing to use all honorable means lo secure it. Where there were many lo act, ilis not likely they would all be equally scrupulous about means, nor be governed by the same mutivoa : but there was intelligence and character, and moral worth enough there lo see, and feel, and know, thai he whig parly of all others, muil sustain itself by the general fairness of its measures. They had no occa sion to jirry.nun.s.r the Stale. It w lliem,and had been wnh them r. years auor me aevereii cou- le.il of principles. The public mind uf the State had rendered repeated verdicts fur whig policy, and gave no indication of changing. Any lair apportionment law, would give the Whigs the State, and they had nothing to gain, no motive for an unfair one. The State was essentially Wing, and strong enough. On the other side, the Loco Fooos had been whipped,; terribly and repeatedly flogged through aeveral con' tests in succession. They knew they were unable to stand upon their old issues, and had every object in the world lo get up a fuss and make new issues. Here we suppose some good quiet soul, who makes a point of not knowing much about publio atltirs ; who Ihinks all politicians pretty had men; who rather ap proves of our ancestors lor having fought and died for free government ; who ia aure himself, lhat he has eorreel principles if he could only contrive to find what they are, but regards the question whether oth er people have any, as at best an open question ; who votes once in about three years, and then, in order to do the clean fair thing, lakes the two opposing tickets, and scratches off an equal number of names from each ; and having voted, truita that, however it may be with others, liberty will descend to hit children anyhow- some such person will here with curious wonder aak Do you really mean tu ho understood as saying that the apportionment law is after all a tolerably fair law ? Do you mean to say ao ; and if you do, please explain how it is possible to get up such an a In lush ing noise and pother with out tout cause for it? To which we vory respectfully reply" D yoii, my dear sir, take any newspaper ul any sort t Have you forgoiten how these very same persons fought against Ihe bank law and the lax law ! How they denounced them as outrages, tu which a free people could never aubmil! How they Hooded the slale with exciling pictures and big capital letters, aud informed you al most with tears In their eyes, that if you would not help them put down those laws, you were no bolter than a bond slave! Now their protestations and clamor on those subjects were quite as loud and ap parently as serious as on this! You do remember that. Vory well. Do you remember that these same poraona firat told you thai there was no apportionment law at all, lhat it was all void am) a sham, and lhat no legislature could be held under it ! How after all that they look their seala under Ihe law and claimed to he law abiding men! How they got ollice under it, and drew money, ftnd denounced the wings for violating a law which they said did not exist! Have you been deaf and blind and dumb for the last ten yeaa, n.iltn know that with Ihein all is peneo, when they can feed at Ihe publio orib, but that whenever Ihey are choked off, they raise an outcry as ff the very world had been set on Hre, as if the very life had been lorn nut of Ihein ! If you don'l know these things, go tn their own newspapers and read them. Don't tnke our word for it. See if they do nol consider the loss of office enuivalenl lo loss of life. When one ul them is I dismissed from ollice, what do their own papers call il? Do they not pronounce il BUTCH KHY .'" Af are's Nest ! Decidedly Hica! There never was a more loving couple than Father Ritchie, and Bennett, of the New York Herald, are about this time. They do not approve Gen. Taylor'e administration, strange ai il may seem ! Whether they suppose their readers can appreciate nothing better, or because they have nothing else to say, they spend their strength in the most foul and miserable abuse of Gen. Taylor and his Cabinet, that was ever uttered by ntiite men. The Statesman admires, and imitates, at a humble distance, their loathsome slanders, oopiea what he can, and condenses the rest, doubtless feeling bad that he cannot keep up in the race. It is not long aince they published a long story of a gardener who wanted ao ollice, and who, if hie own story be true, tried to bribe Mr. Ewing, and failed. Bennett now hints that his virtue has been attacked by the administration, and attempted to be seduced, but firm aa adamant, il remained unbent. Of course ! Who ever read the N. Y. Herald and doubt-edt Whereupon Father Ritchie insinuates that As has something to tell ! It only remains for the Statesman to eome to the rescue, and disclose something, and the farce will be complete. The Cadiz Rail Itoad Meeting- The Statesman.Among the resolution adopted at the Cadiz Meeting, was one requesting their proceedings to be published in the Columbua papera. We have complied with that request. D ut the Statesman has not deigned to notice it, except by way of abusing the persona who participated in its proceedings. We leave our fiiends to make Iheir own comments. Habtford Citv Improvemrnti. The city of Hartford haa completed arrangements for lighting the streets with gas, three miles of main pipe having been laid. Tlie last Hartford CuWant gives a desorip lion of a trip made by the Editor to Willi man tic, in Windham county, over a new railroad constructed beA twern those places. Our lloston Correspondent Reminiscence of Judge Story, Alexander Hamilton, and Gen. Washington, illustrative of the character of those men. Mr. Editor: It lias often been regretted by the historians of our country, that the record of early incidents is so incomplete. There have been, and are now, many prominent principles in our government, whose exact history, from their first recognition to tho height of their prominence, cannot be written. Little facts and incidents often give much interest to the men and things of Ihe past, and tend to illustrate the character and standing of the one, and to present the other in their true light. Tho National Bank, although now, perhaps, an 11 obsolete idea," was at one lime supposed to be an institution uf great and indispensable usefulness to the country, and its history must ever make an important and interesting chapter in our country's history. The minds tint conceived and elaborated its machinery are no longer with us but in their influence, and much of the trials and dillicullics which they met and overcame in establishing this institution, exists only in tradition, growing less and less accurate as time passes away. One of ihe most learned men of our limes, who made the history of our government & subject of Ins prufouudest study and research, and whose memory was a vast storehouse of the facts and incidents con. nected with ila earliest existence, has recently de. censed. 1 need not say that I refer to Judge Story. In his lectures in Dane Law School, and particularly when lecturing upon the Constitution of the United Stales, he related many incidents of its early history, which aru now hero to be found in print, and which he had gathered from the lips of the great men who lived contemporaneously with the formation of our Constitution, and who look an active part in it. I will give you one of them, which refers to the Bank, as nearly as he related it aa my memory, aided by short notes taken at the tme, will serve me. " When the first bill, incorporating a United States Bank, was introduced into Congress, it received ft very elaborate discussion, and was passed by a very large majority of both Houses Gen. Washington, who was in the habit of requiring the opinions of his Cabinet nllicera in writing, when the subject for his consideration was one of great im. portance, and knowing that Messrs. Jefferson and Randolph wero opposed to the bill incorporating tins Bank, required ol them written opinions upon thia subject before he signed the bill. Accordingly, on the sixth diy after the bill was submitted t the President for his approval, their opinions were delivered to him in writing. The ingenious plausibility, and great force of Mr. Jefferson's reasoning against the bill, raised a doubt in the mind of the President as to ita constitutionality. He then asked the written opinion of Gen. Hamilton upon the bill, requesting bun to give, in that opinion, all his reasons in favor of it Gun. lumiltun, being in ihe full confidence of the President, tnd having made his justly celebrated re port upon the state of the Currency, and having also been the author of the very bill in the hands of the President, expressed to him great surprise lhat he should entertain any doubts as to its constitutionality. aaying, that " he never would have introduced it into Congress, if he had not supposed that it would meet with his satire approbation. The President replied that he never had entertained any doubts whatever about the matter, until he received the opinion of Messrs. Jt-fforsoii and Randolph. Gen. Hamilton waa impressed with ft aense of the greai importance of that institution lo Ihe Government at that time, and felt lhat the issue must, to a greater or less extent, be determined by his effort in presenting, in ft pmper and forcible manner, Ihe many reasons Inch existed in Ins own mind in favor of the bill. Although ihey seemed clear and conclusive lo him. yet, as the occasion required that he should do all that could be done, he adopted the following method to per fect his opinion : He went to a .Mr. Lewis, then a distinguished law yer in Philadelphia, a gentleman who nol only stood at the head of the Philadelphia bar, but at the head of Ihe State, in legal talent, and told him what the Presi dent had required, aaying lhat he washed to submit to him alt his reasons in favor of the bill before ihey were written to the President, in order that he might have the aid of Mr. Lewis' great mind in producing every thing that oould be produced, and in sinking uut every thing that might tend lo weaken his argument. Thoae Iwo gentlemen went Into the garden of Mr. Lewis, immediately after dinner, and walked there back and forth until sunset, during which time Gen. Hamilton went over his argument, and stated all hii reasons in favor of the constitutionality of a National Dank. When he had finished, Mr Lewis said he had nothing to add nothing to subtract. Gen. Hamilton then went home, and told his wife that he had a hard night's tabor befure him, and that he wishrd her to make him a cup of slrong coffee, one that would not fail to keep him awake till morning. After taking this atimuliia, he commenced hit labor, and was engaged all night in the arduous task uf preparing an opinion which covers eighty pages. On the seventh day he submitted it to Ihe Presi. dent. The bill was approved, and during Ihe opera lion of that bank, not a word waa aaid against its eon-atitutionslity. Mr. Jefferson drew money from it officially, and approved laws passed tu earry il into effect. When the second bill waa introduced. .Mr. Madison oppoaed it, and it it well known that it was lost; but alter the war. the necessity for such an Institution became ao irresistibly apparent, Hint he waived all his former objections, and rtrammendtd the incorporation of a second Bank. John C. Calhoun introduced the bill, which was aupported by Mr. Webster. The bill was passed, and became a law by the approval of Mr. Mad noti. Maryland undertook lo tax Ihe branch of the V. S. Bank established in that Sute. The right to isx it waa contested in the Supreme Court of the United Slates, where the whole question of the constitution-ality of the Bank was most ably discussed. Mr. Web. iter, and Win, Pitiekney, then Attorney General, in moat masterly arguments, supported it, and Ch. J. Marshall delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court in favor of its constitutionality, A case of the same kind afterwards came up front Ohio, when ihe former decision was unanimously (if- firmed. Thore ia not an idea or a reason advanced in liter opinion ot Ch. J. Marshall, or in Ihe arguments of Messrs. Webster and Piiiekuey, that is nol contained in thai tingle night's production of General Hamilton. SHAWMU L. DosroN, Nov. 15, 18i!. Grand Funeral Pageant over the remains of -en. Worth, Col. Duncan and HnJ.Gatoa. Orntionof John Vno Itureo. On Thursday, Nov. .Jilli, one of the grandest funeral pageants ever witnessed in the United Stales came off in the city of Now York. The procetminn was an hour and a half in passing the Park. The day was remarkably fine, and the military shone forth in great splendor. We have no room for the details of the proceedings. The oration of Mr. Van Duren, howi ver, has so much of historic interest about it that we have delermitied lo give it enlire to our readers. Worth, Duncan and Gates were brilliant stars in the galaxy of our army, and New York may well be prima oi llieir I.ime, while she mourns their loss. After a prayer, by the Rev. Dr. Dewitt, the Sacred Music Society sung, in a beautiful style, the ode which was composed for the occasion ; and John Van Buren, Esq., dehverod the following oration : Fellow Citizens ! A committee of the Common . Council apprized me, lasl Monday, that it waa intended on this day to pay funeral honors to Ihe memories of the gallant men whose remains now lie before you, and they were good enough to ask me to participate in uio ceremonies, i ney also apprized me lliat 1 would be expeoted to make such s u ir ires t ions, in refer ence to the character of Ihe lamented dead, as should occur lo me within the few days that were to elapse beiore the observances were tn take place. This invi-tation, abrupt as it was, found me surrounded with other engagements, but I did nol feel at hbertv to l- cline. A public demonstration by tbe oitixens of New iora, oi respect lor me Ktate nalive ions, it seemi to me, should invite all those who look to her true glo. ry and honor, even at seme sacrifice, to share in it Tlie largest State in the Union immense in intellectual and physical resources New York alone, of the nuua uieiuDers ot itie confederacy, aee ins without Stale pride. Whether this arises from the variety, tnngnitude, aud even conflict of her interests, from the engrossing nature of commercial pursuits, or from the exuberance of her treasures, in patriotism, valor, and intellect, it is needless to inquire. It seems to me that magnificent demonstrations, like that of to-day, are well calculated to awaken a se oilmen I so equally honorable and necessary to a State and to an individu. at. I have, loo, a Peculiar and neraonal reason for being present here to-day. With Major Gates and Colonel Duncan my acquaintance wai extremely limited; but Gen. Worlh was a native of the same town with myself ; he wss the object of my early admiration. We maintained, for twenty years, unbroken relations of intimacy and friendship, and 1 could not, therefore, forsake him at his grave. With this brief apology for the imporfect manner in which I must discharge the part assigned to me, in a pageant, the beau- iv ana splendor ot which reaches far beyond anything that I oould have anticipated when invited lo join in it, 1 will give you such particulars of the three heroes whoso memory vou honor, as I have been able lo glean. Colmkboi Heed Gates wai the eldest ion of Col. William Gatef, of the 3d Artillery, late Governor of Tnmpico, He wai born al Niagara, New York, in 101.,, anil graduated at West Point, in lt&u. He immediately joined the tith regiment of infantry, under General Woith, in Florida, serving tor some time aa the adjutant of Worth's regiment, and particularly distinguishing himself at the battle ol the WahooSwamp, in Florida. He wai with the army in Mexico, and participated in most of the engagements which distinguish-edihat war, commencing at Palo Alto. At the battle of Resacs de la Pal ma he was severely wounded, and was forced lo return to this country to recruit. For his services in that. action he was brevetled a captain ; and rejoining the army in Mexico, he bore an honorable pitrt in the engagements at the National Bridge, ChurubuBco, Molino del Rey, Chapullepec, and at the gates nf the eity of Mexico. He was again wounded at Churubuaco, and received a brevet of major for bis gallantry in that action. He returned with his regiment bi the United Slates, and subsequently accompanied them when ordered to Texas, where he died of Cholera, at Fredericksburg, on tho 'Mill day of June last, aired .14. This brief record of the publio services of Major Gates shows that he had at an early ago, earned an enviable distinction in an army nearly every officer and private of which had so conducted as to commend himself lo the respect and regard of his country. His private life was unblemished, and he was universally endeared to his associ. ales by ihe manly and generous qualities of his heart. Kaithtul in Ihe discharge of every duty, publio and private, the distinctions to which I have referred, were but the seasonable and happy exhibitions of that daily and general fidelity with which be discharged all his duties. 1 eould nol add lo the praise so appropri. ately bestowed upon him by his commanding officer, Ihe gallant Worlh, when he said " that he was always certain thai any order given to Galea would be fatth. fully and promptly executed." It ii highly appropriate that the memory of Gale should bekonored with that of the Iwo distinguished officers of whom 1 shall now more particularly speak. He wai associated with them in life, and in death they are not divided. Duncan and Worth ! What associations orowd upon the mind at the mention of those two names, connected as they were, with nearly every greal victory which has been won since their entrance into public life I Fortunately, iheir history is indelibly written upon the records of Iheir country, and fresh in the recollection of the people. A glanee at it will satisfy my present purpose. James Duucau was born al Cornwall, in the county of Orange, in this Slate, and waa graduated at West Point in lrt.U. He entered ihe army as a Lieutenant in the 4th Regiment of Artillery, and served with honor under Gen. Gaines, in Ihe Florida war. But it waa under Geoerala Taylor and Scolt that ih is extraordinary young man ran the larger portion oi nn onei out Driitiani career. Jbe arm ut he public service with which he was connected, and which, indeed, Ringgold, Bragg, Waahington, Taylor, Ridgeley, Magruder and himself, may be said to have created, waa tin Light or Flying Artillery. At Palo Alto, Keaaca de 1ft ralma, Churubusoo, the galea ot Me a ico, and in the oil itself, this formidable emr ine of destruction, brought lo rare perfection wilbin ten years by the distinguished men I have named, carried carnage and dismay into the enemy ' ranks, and gave vio 1 lory to the American standard The lamented Ringgold, whom Duncan, with characteristic modesty, de scribed as the father of the Flying Artillery, lived on ly to witness us urat fand success at rata Alio, and the lasl words he spoke, before calmly surrendering himself to the arms of death, were expressive of his mgn grauucaiion ai me iriumpn ol bis lavnnle arm. Hut Duncan used it with IremendouiefTeotat Resaca, for the novel purpose of pursuing and routing a retreating army. He carried it with uninterrupted auo- cesa to the capital of the Axleoe, and its effects wero never more brilliant and decisive than in the final en gagement, which placed in lite hande of 7,000 Arueri can soldiers, l'-iiH) miles from borne, the government . of 6,000,000 of eivilixed aad warlike people. Duncan ruse by regular promotion to a captaincy. For fan services at Palo Alto, be waa breve I ted a major at Re Moa lieutenant colonel, and al Churubusco and the city of Mexico a colonel. On tbe death of Colonel Irogtian, he waa appointed by the freaident and Sen ate, Inspector General of the army, which gave him the rank of colonel. He died at Mobile, on the 3d of July laat, of the yellow fever, aged 3d. Tbe career of Col. Duuoan will advantageously eompara with that of any other military man in our eountry. He wai in every important engagement during the Meneaa war, except the battle o Buena Vista, and rose in two years irom a lieutenancy lo ine rank ol oolonei. Witliout any advantages of birth, or more than ordinary early education, he became one of the most accompltslird and scientific, as he was one of the moat popular officers of the army. Cut off al an age when be was but beginning lo etijny the maturity ul ft mao'e late I led and Ihe responsibility of a man's position, no predie-lion as to what his future eareer might have been, cau justly be deemed extravagant. Aa if but Ibe other day, his friends assembled at ft hotel within our view. (pointing to itie Astor Houbc,) to present to bim a gold medal, and compliment him with a publio entertain ment. His bearing on that occasion will be well re membered by many ot those who now hear tne. He was thoroughly devoted to this, bis native Suit, and on that occasion he bore tins honorable testimony to Ihe conduct and oharacter of ilaoitiieni : You have been pleased, ur, lo allude lo the fact, lhat the Empire stale is the place ot my birtii, my youth and my edu cation. As a dutiful sun, I have never been unmind ful of my parentage. The mountains of the Highlands in which I waa born. I rambled and climbed so oilen when a bny,lhatevery stone, tree and oool spring for miles around was as familiar lo me aa Ihe fireside of my humble home. These scenes of my childhood aud youth are too deeply stamped upon my heart and recollection aver to be forgot u-n. After the lapse of years, when lar away from my native land, even amid Ihe din of battle, when the thought came over me, aa it olten did come wuat will Ihey aay ot thisalriomrf it proved an inoanlive to increased exertion. Though 1 yield lo none in my maternal love and attachment, yet 1 am proud and happy to arknowledgo that 1 have many brothers who poasese far stronger claims to the admiration of our common mother. No battle haa been fnouht in Mexico from Palo Alto to the city, in which the sons ol New York have not bad a distinguished participation, come of these ions brought and deposited in their mother 'a lap the wreaths of laurel which Ihey gathered from the plains of Chip-newa, the Heights of tueenstnwn, and the field of Niagara, more than thirty years ago. These garlands are not withered yet ; for the leaves that formed ihein ar ever green. In our recent conflict with Mexico, Hie hin pi re Htate may point with lust pride to her Worth, her Wool, her Belknap, and a hoal of subordinates of every grade ; tor she mny rely with eerlnnty tint wherever these men were found there wai Ihe brunt of battle." Such ia the uncertainty of humau life. The voice which ao recently gave utterance to these sentiments ia already hushed in death, and the onreer so remarkably illustrating Iheir truth is slopped in the very splendor of its rising.